ἐπιτομή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπῐτέμνω (epitémnō, “cut upon the surface”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.to.mɛ̌ː/ → /e.pi.toˈmi/ → /e.pi.toˈmi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.to.mɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pi.toˈme̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.toˈmi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.toˈmi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pi.toˈmi/

Noun

ἐπῐτομή • (epitomḗ) f (genitive ἐπῐτομῆς); first declension

1. a cutting on the surface, incision
2. epitome, abridgement

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐπῐτομή; τῆς ἐπῐτομῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐτομή hē epitomḗ	τὼ ἐπῐτομᾱ́ tṑ epitomā́	αἱ ἐπῐτομαί hai epitomaí
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐτομῆς tês epitomês	τοῖν ἐπῐτομαῖν toîn epitomaîn	τῶν ἐπῐτομῶν tôn epitomôn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐτομῇ têi epitomêi	τοῖν ἐπῐτομαῖν toîn epitomaîn	ταῖς ἐπῐτομαῖς taîs epitomaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐτομήν tḕn epitomḗn	τὼ ἐπῐτομᾱ́ tṑ epitomā́	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐτομᾱ́ς tā̀s epitomā́s
Vocative	ἐπῐτομή epitomḗ	ἐπῐτομᾱ́ epitomā́	ἐπῐτομαί epitomaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἐπιτομή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπιτομή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐπιτομή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • scratch idem, page 742.