ἐπιδήμιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-) +‎ δῆμος (dêmos) +‎ -ιος (-ios)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.dɛ̌ː.mi.os/ → /e.piˈði.mi.os/ → /e.piˈði.mi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.dɛ̌ː.mi.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.piˈde̝.mi.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈði.mi.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈði.mi.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.piˈði.mi.os/

Adjective

ἐπῐδήμῐος • (epĭdḗmĭos) m or f (neuter ἐπῐδήμῐον); second declension

1. among the people
2. at home
3. resident

Declension

Second declension of ἐπῐδήμῐος; ἐπῐδήμῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπῐδήμῐος epĭdḗmĭos	ἐπῐδήμῐον epĭdḗmĭon		ἐπῐδημῐ́ω epĭdēmĭ́ō	ἐπῐδημῐ́ω epĭdēmĭ́ō		ἐπῐδήμῐοι epĭdḗmĭoi	ἐπῐδήμῐᾰ epĭdḗmĭă
Genitive		ἐπῐδημῐ́ου epĭdēmĭ́ou	ἐπῐδημῐ́ου epĭdēmĭ́ou		ἐπῐδημῐ́οιν epĭdēmĭ́oin	ἐπῐδημῐ́οιν epĭdēmĭ́oin		ἐπῐδημῐ́ων epĭdēmĭ́ōn	ἐπῐδημῐ́ων epĭdēmĭ́ōn
Dative		ἐπῐδημῐ́ῳ epĭdēmĭ́ōi	ἐπῐδημῐ́ῳ epĭdēmĭ́ōi		ἐπῐδημῐ́οιν epĭdēmĭ́oin	ἐπῐδημῐ́οιν epĭdēmĭ́oin		ἐπῐδημῐ́οις epĭdēmĭ́ois	ἐπῐδημῐ́οις epĭdēmĭ́ois
Accusative		ἐπῐδήμῐον epĭdḗmĭon	ἐπῐδήμῐον epĭdḗmĭon		ἐπῐδημῐ́ω epĭdēmĭ́ō	ἐπῐδημῐ́ω epĭdēmĭ́ō		ἐπῐδημῐ́ους epĭdēmĭ́ous	ἐπῐδήμῐᾰ epĭdḗmĭă
Vocative		ἐπῐδήμῐε epĭdḗmĭe	ἐπῐδήμῐον epĭdḗmĭon		ἐπῐδημῐ́ω epĭdēmĭ́ō	ἐπῐδημῐ́ω epĭdēmĭ́ō		ἐπῐδήμῐοι epĭdḗmĭoi	ἐπῐδήμῐᾰ epĭdḗmĭă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐπῐδημῐ́ως epĭdēmĭ́ōs			ἐπῐδημῐώτερος epĭdēmĭṓteros			ἐπῐδημῐώτᾰτος epĭdēmĭṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πόλεμος ἐπιδήμιος (pólemos epidḗmios, “civil war”)

Descendants

• →⇒ Latin: epidēmia (see there for further descendants)
• →⇒ Russian: эпиде́мия (epidémija)
  • → Kazakh: эпидемия (épidemiä)

Further reading

• “ἐπιδήμιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐπιδήμιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐπιδήμιος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἐπιδήμιος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἐπιδήμιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press