ἐπίδεσμος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐπίδεσμα (epídesma), ἐπίδεσμον (epídesmon)

Etymology

From ἐπῐ- (epĭ-, “on”) +‎ δεσμός (desmós, “bond, fetter”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.dez.mos/ → /eˈpi.ðez.mos/ → /eˈpi.ðez.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pí.dez.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.dez.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ðez.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ðez.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ðez.mos/

Noun

ἐπῐ́δεσμος • (epĭ́desmos) m (genitive ἐπῐδέσμου); second declension

1. upper or outer bandage

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἐπῐ́δεσμος; τοῦ ἐπῐδέσμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐπῐ́δεσμος ho epĭ́desmos	τὼ ἐπῐδέσμω tṑ epĭdésmō	οἱ ἐπῐ́δεσμοι hoi epĭ́desmoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπῐδέσμου toû epĭdésmou	τοῖν ἐπῐδέσμοιν toîn epĭdésmoin	τῶν ἐπῐδέσμων tôn epĭdésmōn
Dative	τῷ ἐπῐδέσμῳ tôi epĭdésmōi	τοῖν ἐπῐδέσμοιν toîn epĭdésmoin	τοῖς ἐπῐδέσμοις toîs epĭdésmois
Accusative	τὸν ἐπῐ́δεσμον tòn epĭ́desmon	τὼ ἐπῐδέσμω tṑ epĭdésmō	τοὺς ἐπῐδέσμους toùs epĭdésmous
Vocative	ἐπῐ́δεσμε epĭ́desme	ἐπῐδέσμω epĭdésmō	ἐπῐ́δεσμοι epĭ́desmoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐπιδεσμέω (epidesméō)
• ἐπιδεσμίς (epidesmís)
• ἐπιδεσμοχαρής (epidesmokharḗs)

References

• “ἐπίδεσμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐπίδεσμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette