ἐπίκουρος
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See also: Ἐπίκουρος
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + an unattested word, perhaps deriving from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-, with cognates such as Latin currō.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pí.kuː.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ku.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ku.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ku.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ku.ros/
Adjective
[edit]ἐπίκουρος • (epíkouros) m or f (neuter ἐπίκουρον); second declension
- assisting, aiding
- defending
- (masculine substantive) helper, ally, assister
- (masculine substantive) mercenary, hireling
Inflection
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἐπίκουρος epíkouros |
ἐπίκουρον epíkouron |
ἐπικούρω epikoúrō |
ἐπικούρω epikoúrō |
ἐπίκουροι epíkouroi |
ἐπίκουρᾰ epíkoura | ||||||||
Genitive | ἐπικούρου epikoúrou |
ἐπικούρου epikoúrou |
ἐπικούροιν epikoúroin |
ἐπικούροιν epikoúroin |
ἐπικούρων epikoúrōn |
ἐπικούρων epikoúrōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἐπικούρῳ epikoúrōi |
ἐπικούρῳ epikoúrōi |
ἐπικούροιν epikoúroin |
ἐπικούροιν epikoúroin |
ἐπικούροις epikoúrois |
ἐπικούροις epikoúrois | ||||||||
Accusative | ἐπίκουρον epíkouron |
ἐπίκουρον epíkouron |
ἐπικούρω epikoúrō |
ἐπικούρω epikoúrō |
ἐπικούρους epikoúrous |
ἐπίκουρᾰ epíkoura | ||||||||
Vocative | ἐπίκουρε epíkoure |
ἐπίκουρον epíkouron |
ἐπικούρω epikoúrō |
ἐπικούρω epikoúrō |
ἐπίκουροι epíkouroi |
ἐπίκουρᾰ epíkoura | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἐπικούρως epikoúrōs |
ἐπικουρότερος epikouróteros |
ἐπικουρότᾰτος epikourótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- ἐπικουρέω (epikouréō)
- ἐπικούρημα (epikoúrēma)
- ἐπικούρησις (epikoúrēsis)
- ἐπικουρητικός (epikourētikós)
- ἐπικουρίᾱ (epikouríā)
- ἐπικουρικός (epikourikós)
- ἐπικούριος (epikoúrios)
Further reading
[edit]- “ἐπίκουρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐπίκουρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἐπίκουρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐπίκουρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐπίκουρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἐπίκουρος”, 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.