ἐπίθυμον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-) +‎ θύμον (thúmon, “thyme”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.tʰy.mon/ → /eˈpi.θy.mon/ → /eˈpi.θi.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pí.tʰy.mon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.tʰy.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.θy.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.θy.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.θi.mon/

Noun

ἐπίθῠμον • (epíthŭmon) n (genitive ἐπιθῠ́μου); second declension

1. hellweed (Cuscuta epithymum)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἐπίθῠμον; τοῦ ἐπιθῠ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐπίθῠμον tò epíthŭmon	τὼ ἐπιθῠ́μω tṑ epithŭ́mō	τᾰ̀ ἐπίθῠμᾰ tằ epíthŭmă
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπιθῠ́μου toû epithŭ́mou	τοῖν ἐπιθῠ́μοιν toîn epithŭ́moin	τῶν ἐπιθῠ́μων tôn epithŭ́mōn
Dative	τῷ ἐπιθῠ́μῳ tôi epithŭ́mōi	τοῖν ἐπιθῠ́μοιν toîn epithŭ́moin	τοῖς ἐπιθῠ́μοις toîs epithŭ́mois
Accusative	τὸ ἐπίθῠμον tò epíthŭmon	τὼ ἐπιθῠ́μω tṑ epithŭ́mō	τᾰ̀ ἐπίθῠμᾰ tằ epíthŭmă
Vocative	ἐπίθῠμον epíthŭmon	ἐπιθῠ́μω epithŭ́mō	ἐπίθῠμᾰ epíthŭmă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Arabic: أَفْتِيمُون (ʔaftīmūn), أَفْثِيمُون (ʔafṯīmūn), أَفِيتِمُون (ʔafītimūn), أَفِيثِمُون (ʔafīṯimūn), أَفِيتِيمُون (ʔafītīmūn), أَفِيثِيمُون (ʔafīṯīmūn)
• → Arabic: صُعَيْتَرَة (ṣuʕaytara) (calque)
• → Coptic: ⲡⲁⲑⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ (pathamoun)

References

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