ἐπίνειον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐπι- (epi-) +‎ ναῦς (naûs) +‎ -ιον (-ion)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.neː.on/ → /eˈpi.ni.on/ → /eˈpi.ni.on/

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

Noun

ἐπίνειον • (epíneion) n (genitive ἐπῐνείου); second declension

1. seaport where the state navy lies; state harbor

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἐπῐ́νειον; τοῦ ἐπῐνείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐπῐ́νειον tò epíneion	τὼ ἐπῐνείω tṑ epineíō	τᾰ̀ ἐπῐ́νειᾰ tà epíneia
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπῐνείου toû epineíou	τοῖν ἐπῐνείοιν toîn epineíoin	τῶν ἐπῐνείων tôn epineíōn
Dative	τῷ ἐπῐνείῳ tôi epineíōi	τοῖν ἐπῐνείοιν toîn epineíoin	τοῖς ἐπῐνείοις toîs epineíois
Accusative	τὸ ἐπῐ́νειον tò epíneion	τὼ ἐπῐνείω tṑ epineíō	τᾰ̀ ἐπῐ́νειᾰ tà epíneia
Vocative	ἐπῐ́νειον epíneion	ἐπῐνείω epineíō	ἐπῐ́νειᾰ epíneia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• ἐπίνειον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἐπίνειον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • arsenal (naval) idem, page 42.
  • port idem, page 627.
  • seaport idem, page 746.