ἐπιχώριος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) +‎ χώρᾱ (khṓrā, “country”, adjective suffix) +‎ -ιος (-ios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.kʰɔ̌ː.ri.os/ → /e.piˈxo.ri.os/ → /e.piˈxo.ri.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.kʰɔ̌ː.ri.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.piˈkʰo.ri.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈxo.ri.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈxo.ri.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.piˈxo.ri.os/

Adjective

ἐπῐχώρῐος • (epikhṓrios) m (feminine ἐπῐχωρίᾱ, neuter ἐπῐχώρῐον); first/second declension

1. in or of the country
   1. (of persons) native
   2. (of things) of or used in the country, custom, fashion

Inflection

First and second declension of ἐπιχώριος; ἐπιχωρίᾱ; ἐπιχώριον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπιχώριος epikhṓrios	ἐπιχωρίᾱ epikhōríā	ἐπιχώριον epikhṓrion		ἐπιχωρίω epikhōríō	ἐπιχωρίᾱ epikhōríā	ἐπιχωρίω epikhōríō		ἐπιχώριοι epikhṓrioi	ἐπιχώριαι epikhṓriai	ἐπιχώριᾰ epikhṓria
Genitive		ἐπιχωρίου epikhōríou	ἐπιχωρίᾱς epikhōríās	ἐπιχωρίου epikhōríou		ἐπιχωρίοιν epikhōríoin	ἐπιχωρίαιν epikhōríain	ἐπιχωρίοιν epikhōríoin		ἐπιχωρίων epikhōríōn	ἐπιχωρίων epikhōríōn	ἐπιχωρίων epikhōríōn
Dative		ἐπιχωρίῳ epikhōríōi	ἐπιχωρίᾳ epikhōríāi	ἐπιχωρίῳ epikhōríōi		ἐπιχωρίοιν epikhōríoin	ἐπιχωρίαιν epikhōríain	ἐπιχωρίοιν epikhōríoin		ἐπιχωρίοις epikhōríois	ἐπιχωρίαις epikhōríais	ἐπιχωρίοις epikhōríois
Accusative		ἐπιχώριον epikhṓrion	ἐπιχωρίᾱν epikhōríān	ἐπιχώριον epikhṓrion		ἐπιχωρίω epikhōríō	ἐπιχωρίᾱ epikhōríā	ἐπιχωρίω epikhōríō		ἐπιχωρίους epikhōríous	ἐπιχωρίᾱς epikhōríās	ἐπιχώριᾰ epikhṓria
Vocative		ἐπιχώριε epikhṓrie	ἐπιχωρίᾱ epikhōríā	ἐπιχώριον epikhṓrion		ἐπιχωρίω epikhōríō	ἐπιχωρίᾱ epikhōríā	ἐπιχωρίω epikhōríō		ἐπιχώριοι epikhṓrioi	ἐπιχώριαι epikhṓriai	ἐπιχώριᾰ epikhṓria
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐπιχωρίως epikhōríōs				ἐπιχωριότερος epikhōrióteros				ἐπιχωριότᾰτος epikhōriótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Italian: epicorio

Further reading

• “ἐπιχώριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπιχώριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐπιχώριος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἐπιχώριος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • indigenous idem, page 433.
  • inhabitant idem, page 440.
  • local idem, page 497.
  • national idem, page 551.
  • native idem, page 551.
  • resident idem, page 702.
  • vernacular idem, page 948.