ἐπίρρημα

See also: επίρρημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-, “on”) +‎ ῥῆμα (rhêma, “verb”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pír̥.r̥ɛː.ma/ → /eˈpir.ri.ma/ → /eˈpi.ri.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pír̥.r̥ɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpir.re̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpir.ri.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpir.ri.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ri.ma/

Noun

ἐπῐ́ρρημᾰ • (epírrhēma) n (genitive ἐπῐρρήμᾰτος); third declension

1. (grammar) adverb

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἐπῐ́ρρημᾰ; τοῦ ἐπῐρρήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐπῐ́ρρημᾰ tò epírrhēma	τὼ ἐπῐρρήμᾰτε tṑ epirrhḗmate	τᾰ̀ ἐπῐρρήμᾰτᾰ tà epirrhḗmata
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπῐρρήμᾰτος toû epirrhḗmatos	τοῖν ἐπῐρρημᾰ́τοιν toîn epirrhēmátoin	τῶν ἐπῐρρημᾰ́των tôn epirrhēmátōn
Dative	τῷ ἐπῐρρήμᾰτῐ tôi epirrhḗmati	τοῖν ἐπῐρρημᾰ́τοιν toîn epirrhēmátoin	τοῖς ἐπῐρρήμᾰσῐ / ἐπῐρρήμᾰσῐν toîs epirrhḗmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἐπῐ́ρρημᾰ tò epírrhēma	τὼ ἐπῐρρήμᾰτε tṑ epirrhḗmate	τᾰ̀ ἐπῐρρήμᾰτᾰ tà epirrhḗmata
Vocative	ἐπῐ́ρρημᾰ epírrhēma	ἐπῐρρήμᾰτε epirrhḗmate	ἐπῐρρήμᾰτᾰ epirrhḗmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: επίρρημα (epírrima)
• → Latin: adverbium (calque)
  • → Catalan: adverbi
  • → English: adverb
  • → French: adverbe
  • → German: Adverb
  • → Italian: avverbio
  • → Portuguese: advérbio
  • → Spanish: adverbio
  • → Welsh: adferf

Further reading

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