ἐπιδερμίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-, “on, upon”) +‎ δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”) +‎ -ῐς (-ĭs, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.der.mís/ → /e.pi.ðerˈmis/ → /e.pi.ðerˈmis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.der.mís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pi.derˈmis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ðerˈmis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ðerˈmis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ðerˈmis/

Noun

ἐπῐδερμίς • (epĭdermís) f (genitive ἐπῐδερμίδος); third declension

1. Outer skin, epidermis.
2. Web of waterbirds' feet.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐπῐδερμῐ́ς; τῆς ἐπῐδερμῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐδερμῐ́ς hē epĭdermĭ́s	τὼ ἐπῐδερμῐ́δε tṑ epĭdermĭ́de	αἱ ἐπῐδερμῐ́δες hai epĭdermĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐδερμῐ́δος tês epĭdermĭ́dos	τοῖν ἐπῐδερμῐ́δοιν toîn epĭdermĭ́doin	τῶν ἐπῐδερμῐ́δων tôn epĭdermĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐδερμῐ́δῐ têi epĭdermĭ́dĭ	τοῖν ἐπῐδερμῐ́δοιν toîn epĭdermĭ́doin	ταῖς ἐπῐδερμῐ́σῐ / ἐπῐδερμῐ́σῐν taîs epĭdermĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐδερμῐ́δᾰ tḕn epĭdermĭ́dă	τὼ ἐπῐδερμῐ́δε tṑ epĭdermĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐδερμῐ́δᾰς tā̀s epĭdermĭ́dăs
Vocative	ἐπῐδερμῐ́ς epĭdermĭ́s	ἐπῐδερμῐ́δε epĭdermĭ́de	ἐπῐδερμῐ́δες epĭdermĭ́des
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

• → English: epidermis

References

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