ἐπιλύτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπιλῡ́ω (epilū́ō, “solve, explain”) +‎ -της (-tēs, agent noun suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.lý.tɛːs/ → /e.piˈly.tis/ → /e.piˈli.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.lý.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.piˈly.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈly.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈly.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.piˈli.tis/

Noun

ἐπῐλύτης • (epilútēs) m (genitive ἐπῐλύτου); first declension

1. (Byzantine) one who resolves or explains

Declension

First declension of ὁ ἐπῐλῠ́της; τοῦ ἐπῐλῠ́του (Byzantine)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐπῐλῠ́της ho epilútēs	οἱ ἐπῐλῠ́ται hoi epilútai
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπῐλῠ́του toû epilútou	τῶν ἐπῐλῠτῶν tôn epilutôn
Dative	τῷ ἐπῐλῠ́τῃ tôi epilútēi	τοῖς ἐπῐλῠ́ταις toîs epilútais
Accusative	τὸν ἐπῐλῠ́την tòn epilútēn	τοὺς ἐπῐλῠ́τᾱς toùs epilútās
Vocative	ἐπῐλῠ́τᾰ epilúta	ἐπῐλῠ́ται epilútai

Further reading

• ἐπιλύτης - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
• ἐπιλύτης in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften