ἐχεπευκής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔχω (ékhō) +‎ *πεῦκος (*peûkos) +‎ -ής (-ḗs), literally “having [a] sting”. The middle element derives from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“to prick, poke, stab”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.kʰe.peu̯.kɛ̌ːs/ → /e.çe.peɸˈcis/ → /e.çe.pefˈcis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.kʰe.peu̯.kɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.kʰe.pewˈke̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.çe.peɸˈcis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.çe.pefˈcis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.çe.pefˈcis/

Adjective

ἐχεπευκής • (ekhepeukḗs) m or f (neuter ἐχεπευκές); third declension

1. (poetic, said of missiles) stinging, piercing

Declension

Third declension of ἐχεπευκής; ἐχεπευκές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐχεπευκής ekhepeukḗs	ἐχεπευκές ekhepeukés		ἐχεπευκεῖ ekhepeukeî	ἐχεπευκεῖ ekhepeukeî		ἐχεπευκεῖς ekhepeukeîs	ἐχεπευκῆ ekhepeukê
Genitive		ἐχεπευκοῦς ekhepeukoûs	ἐχεπευκοῦς ekhepeukoûs		ἐχεπευκοῖν ekhepeukoîn	ἐχεπευκοῖν ekhepeukoîn		ἐχεπευκῶν ekhepeukôn	ἐχεπευκῶν ekhepeukôn
Dative		ἐχεπευκεῖ ekhepeukeî	ἐχεπευκεῖ ekhepeukeî		ἐχεπευκοῖν ekhepeukoîn	ἐχεπευκοῖν ekhepeukoîn		ἐχεπευκέσῐ / ἐχεπευκέσῐν ekhepeukési(n)	ἐχεπευκέσῐ / ἐχεπευκέσῐν ekhepeukési(n)
Accusative		ἐχεπευκῆ ekhepeukê	ἐχεπευκές ekhepeukés		ἐχεπευκεῖ ekhepeukeî	ἐχεπευκεῖ ekhepeukeî		ἐχεπευκεῖς ekhepeukeîs	ἐχεπευκῆ ekhepeukê
Vocative		ἐχεπευκές ekhepeukés	ἐχεπευκές ekhepeukés		ἐχεπευκεῖ ekhepeukeî	ἐχεπευκεῖ ekhepeukeî		ἐχεπευκεῖς ekhepeukeîs	ἐχεπευκῆ ekhepeukê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐχεπευκῶς ekhepeukôs			ἐχεπευκέστερος ekhepeukésteros			ἐχεπευκέστᾰτος ekhepeukéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• 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, page 488

Further reading

• “ἐχεπευκής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐχεπευκής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐχεπευκής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette