ἔπιπλα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐπ̆ίπλοα (epíploa) — Ionic
• ἔπῐπλον (épiplon) — rare singular

Etymology

Analyzed as ἔπι-πλ-α (épi-pl-a, “what has been added (as opposed to fixed possessions)”), an old formation from ἐπιπέλομαι (epipélomai, “to come to or on; to approach”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “on”) +‎ πέλομαι (pélomai, “to become”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.pi.pla/ → /ˈe.pi.pla/ → /ˈe.pi.pla/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.pi.pla/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pi.pla/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pi.pla/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pi.pla/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pi.pla/

Noun

ἔπῐπλα • (épipla) n (genitive ἐπ̆ίπλων); second declension

1. movable property: utensils, implements, furniture

Inflection

Second declension of τᾰ̀ ἔπῐπλᾰ; τῶν ἐπῐ́πλων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ ἔπῐπλᾰ tà épipla
Genitive	τῶν ἐπῐ́πλων tôn epíplōn
Dative	τοῖς ἐπῐ́πλοις toîs epíplois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ ἔπῐπλᾰ tà épipla
Vocative	ἔπῐπλᾰ épipla
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: έπιπλο (épiplo)

Further reading

• “ἔπιπλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔπιπλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἔπιπλα 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.
  • furniture idem, page 350.
  • implement idem, page 421.
• “ἔπιπλα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011