εὐπρεπής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐ- (eu-) +‎ πρέπω (prépō) +‎ -ής (-ḗs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.pre.pɛ̌ːs/ → /eɸ.preˈpis/ → /ef.preˈpis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.pre.pɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ew.preˈpe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɸ.preˈpis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ef.preˈpis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ef.preˈpis/

Adjective

εὐπρεπής • (euprepḗs) m or f (neuter εὐπρεπές); third declension

1. good-looking, goodly, comely
2. decent, seemly, fitting, becoming, glorious
3. specious, plausible

Declension

Third declension of εὐπρεπής; εὐπρεπές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		εὐπρεπής euprepḗs	εὐπρεπές euprepés		εὐπρεπεῖ euprepeî	εὐπρεπεῖ euprepeî		εὐπρεπεῖς euprepeîs	εὐπρεπῆ euprepê
Genitive		εὐπρεποῦς euprepoûs	εὐπρεποῦς euprepoûs		εὐπρεποῖν euprepoîn	εὐπρεποῖν euprepoîn		εὐπρεπῶν euprepôn	εὐπρεπῶν euprepôn
Dative		εὐπρεπεῖ euprepeî	εὐπρεπεῖ euprepeî		εὐπρεποῖν euprepoîn	εὐπρεποῖν euprepoîn		εὐπρεπέσῐ / εὐπρεπέσῐν euprepési(n)	εὐπρεπέσῐ / εὐπρεπέσῐν euprepési(n)
Accusative		εὐπρεπῆ euprepê	εὐπρεπές euprepés		εὐπρεπεῖ euprepeî	εὐπρεπεῖ euprepeî		εὐπρεπεῖς euprepeîs	εὐπρεπῆ euprepê
Vocative		εὐπρεπές euprepés	εὐπρεπές euprepés		εὐπρεπεῖ euprepeî	εὐπρεπεῖ euprepeî		εὐπρεπεῖς euprepeîs	εὐπρεπῆ euprepê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		εὐπρεπῶς euprepôs			εὐπρεπέστερος euprepésteros			εὐπρεπέστᾰτος euprepéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ευπρεπής (efprepís)

Further reading

• εὐπρεπής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “εὐπρεπής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • applicable idem, page 36.
  • beautiful idem, page 68.
  • becoming idem, page 68.
  • befitting idem, page 69.
  • brave idem, page 93.
  • bright idem, page 98.
  • brilliant idem, page 98.
  • buxom idem, page 107.
  • colourable idem, page 144.
  • comely idem, page 145.
  • convenient idem, page 173.
  • correct idem, page 174.
  • creditable idem, page 183.
  • decent idem, page 200.
  • due idem, page 255.
  • fair idem, page 302.
  • felicitous idem, page 314.
  • fine idem, page 321.
  • fit idem, page 323.
  • flashy idem, page 326.
  • glorious idem, page 363.
  • goodly idem, page 367.
  • handsome idem, page 383.
  • happy idem, page 384.
  • incumbent idem, page 431.
  • magnificent idem, page 507.
  • meet idem, page 522.
  • meretricious idem, page 526.
  • modest idem, page 538.
  • moral idem, page 540.
  • plausible idem, page 618.
  • proper idem, page 653.
  • proud idem, page 653.
  • resplendent idem, page 704.
  • right idem, page 714.
  • seemly idem, page 749.
  • showy idem, page 770.
  • smart idem, page 786.
  • specious idem, page 799.
  • splendid idem, page 803.
  • spruce idem, page 806.
  • suitable idem, page 836.
  • tawdry idem, page 857.
  • tinsel idem, page 877.