Ἐφέσιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἔφεσος (Éphesos, “Ephesus”) +‎ -ῐος (-ios, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pʰé.si.os/ → /eˈɸe.si.os/ → /eˈfe.si.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pʰé.si.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpʰe.si.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈɸe.si.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈfe.si.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈfe.si.os/

Adjective

Ἐφέσῐος • (Ephésios) m (feminine Ἐφεσῐ́ᾱ, neuter Ἐφέσῐον); first/second declension

1. Ephesian

Inflection

First and second declension of Ἐφέσῐος; Ἐφεσῐ́ᾱ; Ἐφέσῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		Ἐφέσῐος Ephésios	Ἐφεσῐ́ᾱ Ephesíā	Ἐφέσῐον Ephésion		Ἐφεσῐ́ω Ephesíō	Ἐφεσῐ́ᾱ Ephesíā	Ἐφεσῐ́ω Ephesíō		Ἐφέσῐοι Ephésioi	Ἐφέσῐαι Ephésiai	Ἐφέσῐᾰ Ephésia
Genitive		Ἐφεσῐ́ου Ephesíou	Ἐφεσῐ́ᾱς Ephesíās	Ἐφεσῐ́ου Ephesíou		Ἐφεσῐ́οιν Ephesíoin	Ἐφεσῐ́αιν Ephesíain	Ἐφεσῐ́οιν Ephesíoin		Ἐφεσῐ́ων Ephesíōn	Ἐφεσῐ́ων Ephesíōn	Ἐφεσῐ́ων Ephesíōn
Dative		Ἐφεσῐ́ῳ Ephesíōi	Ἐφεσῐ́ᾳ Ephesíāi	Ἐφεσῐ́ῳ Ephesíōi		Ἐφεσῐ́οιν Ephesíoin	Ἐφεσῐ́αιν Ephesíain	Ἐφεσῐ́οιν Ephesíoin		Ἐφεσῐ́οις Ephesíois	Ἐφεσῐ́αις Ephesíais	Ἐφεσῐ́οις Ephesíois
Accusative		Ἐφέσῐον Ephésion	Ἐφεσῐ́ᾱν Ephesíān	Ἐφέσῐον Ephésion		Ἐφεσῐ́ω Ephesíō	Ἐφεσῐ́ᾱ Ephesíā	Ἐφεσῐ́ω Ephesíō		Ἐφεσῐ́ους Ephesíous	Ἐφεσῐ́ᾱς Ephesíās	Ἐφέσῐᾰ Ephésia
Vocative		Ἐφέσῐε Ephésie	Ἐφεσῐ́ᾱ Ephesíā	Ἐφέσῐον Ephésion		Ἐφεσῐ́ω Ephesíō	Ἐφεσῐ́ᾱ Ephesíā	Ἐφεσῐ́ω Ephesíō		Ἐφέσῐοι Ephésioi	Ἐφέσῐαι Ephésiai	Ἐφέσῐᾰ Ephésia
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		Ἐφεσῐ́ως Ephesíōs				Ἐφεσῐώτερος Ephesiṓteros				Ἐφεσῐώτᾰτος Ephesiṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2180 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • ephesus idem, page 279.