εἰλαπίνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

No clear etymology. According to Beekes, it could well be of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eː.la.pí.nɛː/ → /i.laˈpi.ni/ → /i.laˈpi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eː.la.pí.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.laˈpi.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.laˈpi.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.laˈpi.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.laˈpi.ni/

Noun

εἰλᾰπῐ́νη • (eilapínē) f (genitive εἰλᾰπῐ́νης); first declension

1. solemn feast, banquet

   Synonyms: δαίς (daís), εὐωχία (euōkhía)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ εἰλᾰπῐ́νη; τῆς εἰλᾰπῐ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ εἰλᾰπῐ́νη hē eilapínē	τὼ εἰλᾰπῐ́νᾱ tṑ eilapínā	αἱ εἰλᾰπῐ́ναι hai eilapínai
Genitive	τῆς εἰλᾰπῐ́νης tês eilapínēs	τοῖν εἰλᾰπῐ́ναιν toîn eilapínain	τῶν εἰλᾰπῐνῶν tôn eilapinôn
Dative	τῇ εἰλᾰπῐ́νῃ têi eilapínēi	τοῖν εἰλᾰπῐ́ναιν toîn eilapínain	ταῖς εἰλᾰπῐ́ναις taîs eilapínais
Accusative	τὴν εἰλᾰπῐ́νην tḕn eilapínēn	τὼ εἰλᾰπῐ́νᾱ tṑ eilapínā	τᾱ̀ς εἰλᾰπῐ́νᾱς tā̀s eilapínās
Vocative	εἰλᾰπῐ́νη eilapínē	εἰλᾰπῐ́νᾱ eilapínā	εἰλᾰπῐ́ναι eilapínai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• εἰλᾰπῐνουργός (eilapinourgós)
• εἰλᾰπῐνᾰ́ζω (eilapinázō)
• εἰλᾰπῐνᾰστής (eilapinastḗs)

 

Further reading

• “εἰλαπίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εἰλαπίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “εἰλαπίνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• εἰλαπίνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• εἰλαπίνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• εἰλαπίνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “εἰλαπίνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 382