ἐπιγονατίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπῐ- (epĭ-, upon) +‎ γόνυ (gónu, “knee”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɡo.na.tís/ → /e.pi.ɣo.naˈtis/ → /e.pi.ɣo.naˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɡo.na.tís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɡo.naˈtis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɣo.naˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɣo.naˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɣo.naˈtis/

Noun

ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́ς • (epĭgonătĭ́s) f (genitive ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δος); third declension

1. (anatomy) kneecap, rotula
2. garment reaching to the knee

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́ς; τῆς ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́ς hē epĭgonătĭ́s	τὼ ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δε tṑ epĭgonătĭ́de	αἱ ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δες hai epĭgonătĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δος tês epĭgonătĭ́dos	τοῖν ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δοιν toîn epĭgonătĭ́doin	τῶν ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δων tôn epĭgonătĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δῐ têi epĭgonătĭ́dĭ	τοῖν ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δοιν toîn epĭgonătĭ́doin	ταῖς ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́σῐ / ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́σῐν taîs epĭgonătĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δᾰ tḕn epĭgonătĭ́dă	τὼ ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δε tṑ epĭgonătĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δᾰς tā̀s epĭgonătĭ́dăs
Vocative	ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́ς epĭgonătĭ́s	ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δε epĭgonătĭ́de	ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δες epĭgonătĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: επιγονατίδα (epigonatída)

References

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