ἐπίσωτρον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐπίσσωτρον (epíssōtron), ὀπίσσωτρον (opíssōtron)

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-, upon) +‎ σῶτρον (sôtron, “wooden felloe”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.sɔː.tron/ → /eˈpi.so.tron/ → /eˈpi.so.tron/

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

Noun

ἐπῐ́σωτρον • (epĭ́sōtron) n (genitive ἐπῐσώτρου); second declension

1. metal hoop upon the felloe, tire of a wheel

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἐπῐ́σωτρον; τοῦ ἐπῐσώτρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐπῐ́σωτρον tò epĭ́sōtron	τὼ ἐπῐσώτρω tṑ epĭsṓtrō	τᾰ̀ ἐπῐ́σωτρᾰ tằ epĭ́sōtră
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπῐσώτρου toû epĭsṓtrou	τοῖν ἐπῐσώτροιν toîn epĭsṓtroin	τῶν ἐπῐσώτρων tôn epĭsṓtrōn
Dative	τῷ ἐπῐσώτρῳ tôi epĭsṓtrōi	τοῖν ἐπῐσώτροιν toîn epĭsṓtroin	τοῖς ἐπῐσώτροις toîs epĭsṓtrois
Accusative	τὸ ἐπῐ́σωτρον tò epĭ́sōtron	τὼ ἐπῐσώτρω tṑ epĭsṓtrō	τᾰ̀ ἐπῐ́σωτρᾰ tằ epĭ́sōtră
Vocative	ἐπῐ́σωτρον epĭ́sōtron	ἐπῐσώτρω epĭsṓtrō	ἐπῐ́σωτρᾰ epĭ́sōtră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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