ἐπίπεδος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐπι- (epi-) +‎ πέδον (pédon).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.pe.dos/ → /eˈpi.pe.ðos/ → /eˈpi.pe.ðos/

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

Noun

ἐπίπεδος • (epípedos) m or f (neuter ἐπῐ́πεδον); second declension

1. on the ground, on the earth
2. flat, planar
3. (geometry) referring to a plane or surface

Inflection

Second declension of ἐπῐ́πεδος; ἐπῐ́πεδον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπῐ́πεδος epĭ́pedos		ἐπῐ́πεδον epĭ́pedon		ἐπῐπέδω epĭpédō		ἐπῐπέδω epĭpédō		ἐπῐ́πεδοι epĭ́pedoi		ἐπῐ́πεδᾰ epĭ́pedă
Genitive		ἐπῐπέδου epĭpédou		ἐπῐπέδου epĭpédou		ἐπῐπέδοιν epĭpédoin		ἐπῐπέδοιν epĭpédoin		ἐπῐπέδων epĭpédōn		ἐπῐπέδων epĭpédōn
Dative		ἐπῐπέδῳ epĭpédōi		ἐπῐπέδῳ epĭpédōi		ἐπῐπέδοιν epĭpédoin		ἐπῐπέδοιν epĭpédoin		ἐπῐπέδοις epĭpédois		ἐπῐπέδοις epĭpédois
Accusative		ἐπῐ́πεδον epĭ́pedon		ἐπῐ́πεδον epĭ́pedon		ἐπῐπέδω epĭpédō		ἐπῐπέδω epĭpédō		ἐπῐπέδους epĭpédous		ἐπῐ́πεδᾰ epĭ́pedă
Vocative		ἐπῐ́πεδε epĭ́pede		ἐπῐ́πεδον epĭ́pedon		ἐπῐπέδω epĭpédō		ἐπῐπέδω epĭpédō		ἐπῐ́πεδοι epĭ́pedoi		ἐπῐ́πεδᾰ epĭ́pedă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐπῐπέδως epĭpédōs				ἐπῐπεδώτερος epĭpedṓteros				ἐπῐπεδώτᾰτος epĭpedṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐπιπεδικός (epipedikós)
• ἐπιπεδόομαι (epipedóomai)

Descendants

• Greek: επίπεδος (epípedos)

Further reading

• “ἐπίπεδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπίπεδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐπίπεδος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐπίπεδος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011