ἐπίκλιντρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπικλίνω (epiklínō, “to recline upon”) +‎ -τρον (-tron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.klin.tron/ → /eˈpi.klin.tron/ → /eˈpi.klin.dron/

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

Noun

ἐπῐ́κλῐντρον • (epĭ́klĭntron) n (genitive ἐπῐκλῐ́ντρου); second declension

1. couch, armchair

   Synonym: ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐον (hēmĭkŭ́klĭon)

2. straight-backed chair
3. back of a couch or chair

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἐπῐ́κλῐντρον; τοῦ ἐπῐκλῐ́ντρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐπῐ́κλῐντρον tò epĭ́klĭntron	τὼ ἐπῐκλῐ́ντρω tṑ epĭklĭ́ntrō	τᾰ̀ ἐπῐ́κλῐντρᾰ tằ epĭ́klĭntră
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπῐκλῐ́ντρου toû epĭklĭ́ntrou	τοῖν ἐπῐκλῐ́ντροιν toîn epĭklĭ́ntroin	τῶν ἐπῐκλῐ́ντρων tôn epĭklĭ́ntrōn
Dative	τῷ ἐπῐκλῐ́ντρῳ tôi epĭklĭ́ntrōi	τοῖν ἐπῐκλῐ́ντροιν toîn epĭklĭ́ntroin	τοῖς ἐπῐκλῐ́ντροις toîs epĭklĭ́ntrois
Accusative	τὸ ἐπῐ́κλῐντρον tò epĭ́klĭntron	τὼ ἐπῐκλῐ́ντρω tṑ epĭklĭ́ntrō	τᾰ̀ ἐπῐ́κλῐντρᾰ tằ epĭ́klĭntră
Vocative	ἐπῐ́κλῐντρον epĭ́klĭntron	ἐπῐκλῐ́ντρω epĭklĭ́ntrō	ἐπῐ́κλῐντρᾰ epĭ́klĭntră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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