ἑπέτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἑπετᾱς (hepetās) — Doric

Etymology

From ἕπομαι (hépomai, “to follow”) +‎ -της (-tēs, agentive suffix). Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀤𐀲 (e-qe-ta).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /he.pé.tɛːs/ → /eˈpe.tis/ → /eˈpe.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /he.pé.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)eˈpe.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpe.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpe.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpe.tis/

Noun

ἑπέτης • (hepétēs) m (genitive ἑπέτου); first declension (Attic, Ionic)

1. follower, attendant

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ἑπέτης; τοῦ ἑπέτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἑπέτης ho hepétēs	τὼ ἑπέτᾱ tṑ hepétā	οἱ ἑπέται hoi hepétai
Genitive	τοῦ ἑπέτου toû hepétou	τοῖν ἑπέταιν toîn hepétain	τῶν ἑπετῶν tôn hepetôn
Dative	τῷ ἑπέτῃ tôi hepétēi	τοῖν ἑπέταιν toîn hepétain	τοῖς ἑπέταις toîs hepétais
Accusative	τὸν ἑπέτην tòn hepétēn	τὼ ἑπέτᾱ tṑ hepétā	τοὺς ἑπέτᾱς toùs hepétās
Vocative	ἑπέτᾰ hepéta	ἑπέτᾱ hepétā	ἑπέται hepétai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἑπέτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἑπέτης”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• ἑπέτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette