ἐπίλυτρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-) +‎ λύτρα (lútra, “ransom”) +‎ -ος (-os)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.ly.tros/ → /eˈpi.ly.tros/ → /eˈpi.li.tros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pí.ly.tros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ly.tros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ly.tros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ly.tros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.li.tros/

Adjective

ἐπίλυτρος • (epílutros) m or f (neuter ἐπίλυτρον); second declension

1. set at liberty for a ransom

Declension

Second declension of ἐπῐ́λῠτρος; ἐπῐ́λῠτρον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπῐ́λῠτρος epílutros	ἐπῐ́λῠτρον epílutron		ἐπῐλῠ́τρω epilútrō	ἐπῐλῠ́τρω epilútrō		ἐπῐ́λῠτροι epílutroi	ἐπῐ́λῠτρᾰ epílutra
Genitive		ἐπῐλῠ́τρου epilútrou	ἐπῐλῠ́τρου epilútrou		ἐπῐλῠ́τροιν epilútroin	ἐπῐλῠ́τροιν epilútroin		ἐπῐλῠ́τρων epilútrōn	ἐπῐλῠ́τρων epilútrōn
Dative		ἐπῐλῠ́τρῳ epilútrōi	ἐπῐλῠ́τρῳ epilútrōi		ἐπῐλῠ́τροιν epilútroin	ἐπῐλῠ́τροιν epilútroin		ἐπῐλῠ́τροις epilútrois	ἐπῐλῠ́τροις epilútrois
Accusative		ἐπῐ́λῠτρον epílutron	ἐπῐ́λῠτρον epílutron		ἐπῐλῠ́τρω epilútrō	ἐπῐλῠ́τρω epilútrō		ἐπῐλῠ́τρους epilútrous	ἐπῐ́λῠτρᾰ epílutra
Vocative		ἐπῐ́λῠτρε epílutre	ἐπῐ́λῠτρον epílutron		ἐπῐλῠ́τρω epilútrō	ἐπῐλῠ́τρω epilútrō		ἐπῐ́λῠτροι epílutroi	ἐπῐ́λῠτρᾰ epílutra
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• ἐπίλυτρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἐπίλυτρος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἐπίλυτρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press