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 • (eilăpĭ́nē) 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 eilăpĭ́nē	τὼ εἰλᾰπῐ́νᾱ tṑ eilăpĭ́nā	αἱ εἰλᾰπῐ́ναι hai eilăpĭ́nai
Genitive	τῆς εἰλᾰπῐ́νης tês eilăpĭ́nēs	τοῖν εἰλᾰπῐ́ναιν toîn eilăpĭ́nain	τῶν εἰλᾰπῐνῶν tôn eilăpĭnôn
Dative	τῇ εἰλᾰπῐ́νῃ têi eilăpĭ́nēi	τοῖν εἰλᾰπῐ́ναιν toîn eilăpĭ́nain	ταῖς εἰλᾰπῐ́ναις taîs eilăpĭ́nais
Accusative	τὴν εἰλᾰπῐ́νην tḕn eilăpĭ́nēn	τὼ εἰλᾰπῐ́νᾱ tṑ eilăpĭ́nā	τᾱ̀ς εἰλᾰπῐ́νᾱς tā̀s eilăpĭ́nās
Vocative	εἰλᾰπῐ́νη eilăpĭ́nē	εἰλᾰπῐ́νᾱ eilăpĭ́nā	εἰλᾰπῐ́ναι eilăpĭ́nai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• εἰλᾰπῐνᾰ́ζω (eilăpĭnắzō)
• εἰλᾰπῐνᾰστής (eilăpĭnăstḗs)
• εἰλᾰπῐνουργός (eilăpĭnourgós)

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 (2006–2025)
• 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