ἐπίσιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐπείσιον (epeísion), ἐπίσειον (epíseion)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pǐː.si.on/ → /eˈpi.si.on/ → /eˈpi.si.on/

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

Noun

ἐπί̄σῐον • (epí̄sĭon) n (genitive επῑσίου); second declension

1. (anatomy) pubic region, pubic mound

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἐπῑ́σῐον; τοῦ ἐπῑσῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐπῑ́σῐον tò epī́sĭon	τὼ ἐπῑσῐ́ω tṑ epīsĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ἐπῑ́σῐᾰ tằ epī́sĭă
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπῑσῐ́ου toû epīsĭ́ou	τοῖν ἐπῑσῐ́οιν toîn epīsĭ́oin	τῶν ἐπῑσῐ́ων tôn epīsĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ἐπῑσῐ́ῳ tôi epīsĭ́ōi	τοῖν ἐπῑσῐ́οιν toîn epīsĭ́oin	τοῖς ἐπῑσῐ́οις toîs epīsĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ἐπῑ́σῐον tò epī́sĭon	τὼ ἐπῑσῐ́ω tṑ epīsĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ἐπῑ́σῐᾰ tằ epī́sĭă
Vocative	ἐπῑ́σῐον epī́sĭon	ἐπῑσῐ́ω epīsĭ́ō	ἐπῑ́σῐᾰ epī́sĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: episiotomy

Further reading

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