ἐπίκοινος

See also: ἐπίσκυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-, “on, upon; on top of; all over”) +‎ κοινός (koinós, “common; general, public”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by, near, with”) + *-yós (suffix forming adjectives from noun stems). Compare γένος ἐπίκοινον (génos epíkoinon, “common gender”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.koi̯.nos/ → /eˈpi.cy.nos/ → /eˈpi.ci.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pí.koi̯.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ky.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.cy.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.cy.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ci.nos/

Adjective

ἐπῐ́κοινος • (epĭ́koinos) m or f (neuter ἐπῐ́κοινος); second declension

1. common to many people, things, etc.
2. promiscuous, sluttish

Declension

Second declension of ἐπῐ́κοινος; ἐπῐ́κοινον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπῐ́κοινος epĭ́koinos	ἐπῐ́κοινον epĭ́koinon		ἐπῐκοίνω epĭkoínō	ἐπῐκοίνω epĭkoínō		ἐπῐ́κοινοι epĭ́koinoi	ἐπῐ́κοινᾰ epĭ́koină
Genitive		ἐπῐκοίνου epĭkoínou	ἐπῐκοίνου epĭkoínou		ἐπῐκοίνοιν epĭkoínoin	ἐπῐκοίνοιν epĭkoínoin		ἐπῐκοίνων epĭkoínōn	ἐπῐκοίνων epĭkoínōn
Dative		ἐπῐκοίνῳ epĭkoínōi	ἐπῐκοίνῳ epĭkoínōi		ἐπῐκοίνοιν epĭkoínoin	ἐπῐκοίνοιν epĭkoínoin		ἐπῐκοίνοις epĭkoínois	ἐπῐκοίνοις epĭkoínois
Accusative		ἐπῐ́κοινον epĭ́koinon	ἐπῐ́κοινον epĭ́koinon		ἐπῐκοίνω epĭkoínō	ἐπῐκοίνω epĭkoínō		ἐπῐκοίνους epĭkoínous	ἐπῐ́κοινᾰ epĭ́koină
Vocative		ἐπῐ́κοινε epĭ́koine	ἐπῐ́κοινον epĭ́koinon		ἐπῐκοίνω epĭkoínō	ἐπῐκοίνω epĭkoínō		ἐπῐ́κοινοι epĭ́koinoi	ἐπῐ́κοινᾰ epĭ́koină
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐπῐκοίνως epĭkoínōs			ἐπῐκοινότερος epĭkoinóteros			ἐπῐκοινότᾰτος epĭkoinótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: epicoenus
• → French: épicène
• → English: epicene (see there for further descendants)
• Greek: επίκοινος (epíkoinos)

References

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