ἐπίλογος

See also: επίλογος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπῐ- (epĭ-, “on”) +‎ λόγος (lógos, “speech”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.lo.ɡos/ → /eˈpi.lo.ɣos/ → /eˈpi.lo.ɣos/

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

Noun

ἐπῐ́λογος • (epĭ́logos) m (genitive ἐπῐλόγου); second declension

1. reasoning, inference
2. the epilogue or concluding portion of a play
3. the peroration of a speech
4. a subjoined or explanatory sentence

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἐπῐ́λογος; τοῦ ἐπῐλόγου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐπῐ́λογος ho epĭ́logos	τὼ ἐπῐλόγω tṑ epĭlógō	οἱ ἐπῐ́λογοι hoi epĭ́logoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπῐλόγου toû epĭlógou	τοῖν ἐπῐλόγοιν toîn epĭlógoin	τῶν ἐπῐλόγων tôn epĭlógōn
Dative	τῷ ἐπῐλόγῳ tôi epĭlógōi	τοῖν ἐπῐλόγοιν toîn epĭlógoin	τοῖς ἐπῐλόγοις toîs epĭlógois
Accusative	τὸν ἐπῐ́λογον tòn epĭ́logon	τὼ ἐπῐλόγω tṑ epĭlógō	τοὺς ἐπῐλόγους toùs epĭlógous
Vocative	ἐπῐ́λογε epĭ́loge	ἐπῐλόγω epĭlógō	ἐπῐ́λογοι epĭ́logoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: epilogus

References

• “ἐπίλογος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπίλογος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • peroration idem, page 607.