ἐπιπακτίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐπῐκᾰκτῐ́ς (epikaktís)

Etymology

Traditionally derived from ἐπῐπᾰκτόω (epipaktóō, “to shut close”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís), because of its healing function. However, Beekes compares also the plant name πεκτή (pektḗ, “comfrey”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.pak.tís/ → /e.pi.pakˈtis/ → /e.pi.pakˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.pak.tís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pi.pakˈtis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.pakˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.pakˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pi.pakˈtis/

Noun

ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́ς • (epipaktís) f (genitive ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δος); third declension

1. rupturewort (Herniaria glabra)

   Synonym: ἑλλεβορῐ́νη (helleborínē)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́ς; τῆς ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́ς hē epipaktís	τὼ ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δε tṑ epipaktíde	αἱ ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δες hai epipaktídes
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δος tês epipaktídos	τοῖν ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δοιν toîn epipaktídoin	τῶν ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δων tôn epipaktídōn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δῐ têi epipaktídi	τοῖν ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δοιν toîn epipaktídoin	ταῖς ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́σῐ / ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́σῐν taîs epipaktísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δᾰ tḕn epipaktída	τὼ ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δε tṑ epipaktíde	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δᾰς tā̀s epipaktídas
Vocative	ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́ς epipaktís	ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δε epipaktíde	ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δες epipaktídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• → Latin: epipactis
  • → Translingual: Epipactis

Further reading

• “ἐπιπακτίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐπιπακτίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN