ἐπίχαρτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπιχαίρω (epikhaírō, “rejoice over someone”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + χαίρω (khaírō, “I rejoice”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.kʰar.tos/ → /eˈpi.xar.tos/ → /eˈpi.xar.tos/

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

Adjective

ἐπῐ́χᾰρτος • (epĭ́khărtos) m or f (neuter ἐπῐ́χᾰρτον); second declension

1. feeling joy, being delighted, especially over one's enemies.
2. exultant, triumphant

Inflection

Second declension of ἐπῐ́χᾰρτος; ἐπῐ́χᾰρτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπῐ́χᾰρτος epĭ́khărtos	ἐπῐ́χᾰρτον epĭ́khărton		ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτω epĭkhắrtō	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτω epĭkhắrtō		ἐπῐ́χᾰρτοι epĭ́khărtoi	ἐπῐ́χᾰρτᾰ epĭ́khărtă
Genitive		ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτου epĭkhắrtou	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτου epĭkhắrtou		ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτοιν epĭkhắrtoin	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτοιν epĭkhắrtoin		ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτων epĭkhắrtōn	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτων epĭkhắrtōn
Dative		ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτῳ epĭkhắrtōi	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτῳ epĭkhắrtōi		ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτοιν epĭkhắrtoin	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτοιν epĭkhắrtoin		ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτοις epĭkhắrtois	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτοις epĭkhắrtois
Accusative		ἐπῐ́χᾰρτον epĭ́khărton	ἐπῐ́χᾰρτον epĭ́khărton		ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτω epĭkhắrtō	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτω epĭkhắrtō		ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτους epĭkhắrtous	ἐπῐ́χᾰρτᾰ epĭ́khărtă
Vocative		ἐπῐ́χᾰρτε epĭ́khărte	ἐπῐ́χᾰρτον epĭ́khărton		ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτω epĭkhắrtō	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτω epĭkhắrtō		ἐπῐ́χᾰρτοι epĭ́khărtoi	ἐπῐ́χᾰρτᾰ epĭ́khărtă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτως epĭkhắrtōs			ἐπῐχᾰρτότερος epĭkhărtóteros			ἐπῐχᾰρτότᾰτος epĭkhărtótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἐπίχαρτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπίχαρτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐπίχαρτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • joy idem, page 464.
  • rejoicing idem, page 689.