ἐπένδυμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπενδύνω (ependúnō, “I put on over”) +‎ -μα (-ma, noun suffix), from ἐπι- (epi-, “on, over”) +‎ ἐνδύνω (endúnō, “I put on (clothes)”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pén.dy.ma/ → /eˈpen.dy.ma/ → /eˈpen.di.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pén.dy.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpen.dy.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpen.dy.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpen.dy.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpen.di.ma/

Noun

ἐπένδῠμᾰ • (epénduma) n (genitive ἐπενδῠ́μᾰτος); third declension

1. (clothing) Upper garment.

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἐπένδῠμᾰ; τοῦ ἐπενδῠ́μᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐπένδῠμᾰ tò epénduma	τὼ ἐπενδῠ́μᾰτε tṑ ependúmate	τᾰ̀ ἐπενδῠ́μᾰτᾰ tà ependúmata
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπενδῠ́μᾰτος toû ependúmatos	τοῖν ἐπενδῠμᾰ́τοιν toîn ependumátoin	τῶν ἐπενδῠμᾰ́των tôn ependumátōn
Dative	τῷ ἐπενδῠ́μᾰτῐ tôi ependúmati	τοῖν ἐπενδῠμᾰ́τοιν toîn ependumátoin	τοῖς ἐπενδῠ́μᾰσῐ / ἐπενδῠ́μᾰσῐν toîs ependúmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἐπένδῠμᾰ tò epénduma	τὼ ἐπενδῠ́μᾰτε tṑ ependúmate	τᾰ̀ ἐπενδῠ́μᾰτᾰ tà ependúmata
Vocative	ἐπένδῠμᾰ epénduma	ἐπενδῠ́μᾰτε ependúmate	ἐπενδῠ́μᾰτᾰ ependúmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: ependyma

References

• “ἐπένδυμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press