αἰπεινός

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯.peː.nós/ → /ɛ.piˈnos/ → /e.piˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.peː.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛ.piˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛ.piˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.piˈnos/

Adjective

αἰπεινός • (aipeinós) m (feminine αἰπεινή, neuter αἰπεινόν); first/second declension

1. high, steep
2. rocky, rugged
3. (of cities) set on a steep slope, on the top of a hill: high, lofty

Inflection

First and second declension of αἰπεινός; αἰπεινή; αἰπεινόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		αἰπεινός aipeinós	αἰπεινή aipeinḗ	αἰπεινόν aipeinón		αἰπεινώ aipeinṓ	αἰπεινᾱ́ aipeinā́	αἰπεινώ aipeinṓ		αἰπεινοί aipeinoí	αἰπειναί aipeinaí	αἰπεινᾰ́ aipeinắ
Genitive		αἰπεινοῦ aipeinoû	αἰπεινῆς aipeinês	αἰπεινοῦ aipeinoû		αἰπεινοῖν aipeinoîn	αἰπειναῖν aipeinaîn	αἰπεινοῖν aipeinoîn		αἰπεινῶν aipeinôn	αἰπεινῶν aipeinôn	αἰπεινῶν aipeinôn
Dative		αἰπεινῷ aipeinôi	αἰπεινῇ aipeinêi	αἰπεινῷ aipeinôi		αἰπεινοῖν aipeinoîn	αἰπειναῖν aipeinaîn	αἰπεινοῖν aipeinoîn		αἰπεινοῖς aipeinoîs	αἰπειναῖς aipeinaîs	αἰπεινοῖς aipeinoîs
Accusative		αἰπεινόν aipeinón	αἰπεινήν aipeinḗn	αἰπεινόν aipeinón		αἰπεινώ aipeinṓ	αἰπεινᾱ́ aipeinā́	αἰπεινώ aipeinṓ		αἰπεινούς aipeinoús	αἰπεινᾱ́ς aipeinā́s	αἰπεινᾰ́ aipeinắ
Vocative		αἰπεινέ aipeiné	αἰπεινή aipeinḗ	αἰπεινόν aipeinón		αἰπεινώ aipeinṓ	αἰπεινᾱ́ aipeinā́	αἰπεινώ aipeinṓ		αἰπεινοί aipeinoí	αἰπειναί aipeinaí	αἰπεινᾰ́ aipeinắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		αἰπεινῶς aipeinôs				αἰπεινότερος aipeinóteros				αἰπεινότᾰτος aipeinótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (steep): αἰπύς (aipús)
• (on a slope): αἰπύς (aipús), αἰπός (aipós)

References

• “αἰπεινός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “αἰπεινός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “αἰπεινός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• αἰπεινός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “αἰπεινός”, 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.
  • beetling idem, page 69.
  • frowning idem, page 347.
  • high idem, page 399.
  • precipitous idem, page 634.
  • sheer idem, page 764.
  • steep idem, page 815.