εἰλαπιναστής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εἰλᾰπῐνᾰ́ζω (eilăpĭnắzō, “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 • (eilăpĭnăstḗs) 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 eilăpĭnăstḗs	τὼ εἰλᾰπῐνᾰστᾱ́ tṑ eilăpĭnăstā́	οἱ εἰλᾰπῐνᾰσταί hoi eilăpĭnăstaí
Genitive	τοῦ εἰλᾰπῐνᾰστοῦ toû eilăpĭnăstoû	τοῖν εἰλᾰπῐνᾰσταῖν toîn eilăpĭnăstaîn	τῶν εἰλᾰπῐνᾰστῶν tôn eilăpĭnăstôn
Dative	τῷ εἰλᾰπῐνᾰστῇ tôi eilăpĭnăstêi	τοῖν εἰλᾰπῐνᾰσταῖν toîn eilăpĭnăstaîn	τοῖς εἰλᾰπῐνᾰσταῖς toîs eilăpĭnăstaîs
Accusative	τὸν εἰλᾰπῐνᾰστήν tòn eilăpĭnăstḗn	τὼ εἰλᾰπῐνᾰστᾱ́ tṑ eilăpĭnăstā́	τοὺς εἰλᾰπῐνᾰστᾱ́ς toùs eilăpĭnăstā́s
Vocative	εἰλᾰπῐνᾰστᾰ́ eilăpĭnăstắ	εἰλᾰπῐνᾰστᾱ́ eilăpĭnăstā́	εἰλᾰπῐνᾰσταί eilăpĭnăstaí
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 (2006–2025)