ἐπίπεδος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐπι- (epi-) +‎ πέδον (pédon)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.pe.dos/ → /eˈpi.pe.ðos/ → /eˈpi.pe.ðos/

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

Noun

ἐπίπεδος • (epípedos) m or f (neuter ἐπῐ́πεδον); second declension

1. on the ground, on the earth
2. flat, planar
3. (geometry) referring to a plane or surface

Inflection

Second declension of ἐπῐ́πεδος; ἐπῐ́πεδον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπῐ́πεδος epípedos	ἐπῐ́πεδον epípedon		ἐπῐπέδω epipédō	ἐπῐπέδω epipédō		ἐπῐ́πεδοι epípedoi	ἐπῐ́πεδᾰ epípeda
Genitive		ἐπῐπέδου epipédou	ἐπῐπέδου epipédou		ἐπῐπέδοιν epipédoin	ἐπῐπέδοιν epipédoin		ἐπῐπέδων epipédōn	ἐπῐπέδων epipédōn
Dative		ἐπῐπέδῳ epipédōi	ἐπῐπέδῳ epipédōi		ἐπῐπέδοιν epipédoin	ἐπῐπέδοιν epipédoin		ἐπῐπέδοις epipédois	ἐπῐπέδοις epipédois
Accusative		ἐπῐ́πεδον epípedon	ἐπῐ́πεδον epípedon		ἐπῐπέδω epipédō	ἐπῐπέδω epipédō		ἐπῐπέδους epipédous	ἐπῐ́πεδᾰ epípeda
Vocative		ἐπῐ́πεδε epípede	ἐπῐ́πεδον epípedon		ἐπῐπέδω epipédō	ἐπῐπέδω epipédō		ἐπῐ́πεδοι epípedoi	ἐπῐ́πεδᾰ epípeda
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐπῐπέδως epipédōs			ἐπῐπεδώτερος epipedṓteros			ἐπῐπεδώτᾰτος epipedṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐπιπεδικός (epipedikós)
• ἐπιπεδόομαι (epipedóomai)

Further reading

• “ἐπίπεδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπίπεδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐπίπεδος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette