εἰλαπιναστής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εἰλᾰπῐνᾰ́ζω (eilapinázō, “to celebrate with a feast”) +‎ -τής (-tḗs, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eː.la.pi.nas.tɛ̌ːs/ → /i.la.pi.nasˈtis/ → /i.la.pi.nasˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eː.la.pi.nas.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.la.pi.nasˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.la.pi.nasˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.la.pi.nasˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.la.pi.nasˈtis/

Noun

εἰλᾰπῐνᾰστής • (eilapinastḗs) m (genitive εἰλᾰπῐνᾰστοῦ); first declension

1. feaster, guest, boon-companion

Inflection

First declension of ὁ εἰλᾰπῐνᾰστής; τοῦ εἰλᾰπῐνᾰστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ εἰλᾰπῐνᾰστής ho eilapinastḗs	τὼ εἰλᾰπῐνᾰστᾱ́ tṑ eilapinastā́	οἱ εἰλᾰπῐνᾰσταί hoi eilapinastaí
Genitive	τοῦ εἰλᾰπῐνᾰστοῦ toû eilapinastoû	τοῖν εἰλᾰπῐνᾰσταῖν toîn eilapinastaîn	τῶν εἰλᾰπῐνᾰστῶν tôn eilapinastôn
Dative	τῷ εἰλᾰπῐνᾰστῇ tôi eilapinastêi	τοῖν εἰλᾰπῐνᾰσταῖν toîn eilapinastaîn	τοῖς εἰλᾰπῐνᾰσταῖς toîs eilapinastaîs
Accusative	τὸν εἰλᾰπῐνᾰστήν tòn eilapinastḗn	τὼ εἰλᾰπῐνᾰστᾱ́ tṑ eilapinastā́	τοὺς εἰλᾰπῐνᾰστᾱ́ς toùs eilapinastā́s
Vocative	εἰλᾰπῐνᾰστᾰ́ eilapinastá	εἰλᾰπῐνᾰστᾱ́ eilapinastā́	εἰλᾰπῐνᾰσταί eilapinastaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “εἰλαπιναστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εἰλαπιναστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “εἰλαπιναστής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• εἰλαπιναστής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• εἰλαπιναστής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• εἰλαπιναστής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)