ἐπίκοινος

See also: ἐπίσκυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-, “on, upon; on top of; all over”) +‎ κοινός (koinós, “common; general, public”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by, near, with”) + *-yós (suffix forming adjectives from noun stems). Compare γένος ἐπίκοινον (génos epíkoinon, “common gender”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.koi̯.nos/ → /eˈpi.cy.nos/ → /eˈpi.ci.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pí.koi̯.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ky.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.cy.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.cy.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ci.nos/

Adjective

ἐπῐ́κοινος • (epĭ́koinos) m or f (neuter ἐπῐ́κοινος); second declension

1. common to many people, things, etc.
2. promiscuous, sluttish

Declension

Second declension of ἐπῐ́κοινος; ἐπῐ́κοινον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπῐ́κοινος epĭ́koinos		ἐπῐ́κοινον epĭ́koinon		ἐπῐκοίνω epĭkoínō		ἐπῐκοίνω epĭkoínō		ἐπῐ́κοινοι epĭ́koinoi		ἐπῐ́κοινᾰ epĭ́koină
Genitive		ἐπῐκοίνου epĭkoínou		ἐπῐκοίνου epĭkoínou		ἐπῐκοίνοιν epĭkoínoin		ἐπῐκοίνοιν epĭkoínoin		ἐπῐκοίνων epĭkoínōn		ἐπῐκοίνων epĭkoínōn
Dative		ἐπῐκοίνῳ epĭkoínōi		ἐπῐκοίνῳ epĭkoínōi		ἐπῐκοίνοιν epĭkoínoin		ἐπῐκοίνοιν epĭkoínoin		ἐπῐκοίνοις epĭkoínois		ἐπῐκοίνοις epĭkoínois
Accusative		ἐπῐ́κοινον epĭ́koinon		ἐπῐ́κοινον epĭ́koinon		ἐπῐκοίνω epĭkoínō		ἐπῐκοίνω epĭkoínō		ἐπῐκοίνους epĭkoínous		ἐπῐ́κοινᾰ epĭ́koină
Vocative		ἐπῐ́κοινε epĭ́koine		ἐπῐ́κοινον epĭ́koinon		ἐπῐκοίνω epĭkoínō		ἐπῐκοίνω epĭkoínō		ἐπῐ́κοινοι epĭ́koinoi		ἐπῐ́κοινᾰ epĭ́koină
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐπῐκοίνως epĭkoínōs				ἐπῐκοινότερος epĭkoinóteros				ἐπῐκοινότᾰτος epĭkoinótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: epicoenus
• → French: épicène
• → English: epicene (see there for further descendants)
• Greek: επίκοινος (epíkoinos)

References

• “ἐπίκοινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press