ἐπιδιδυμίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-, “on, upon”) +‎ δίδυμος (dídumos, “twin; the testicles”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.di.dy.mís/ → /e.pi.ði.ðyˈmis/ → /e.pi.ði.ðiˈmis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.di.dy.mís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pi.di.dyˈmis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ði.ðyˈmis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ði.ðyˈmis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ði.ðiˈmis/

Noun

ἐπῐδῐδῠμίς • (epĭdĭdŭmís) f (genitive ἐπῐδῐδῠμίδος); third declension

1. (anatomy) epididymis

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́ς; τῆς ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́ς hē epĭdĭdŭmĭ́s	τὼ ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́δε tṑ epĭdĭdŭmĭ́de	αἱ ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́δες hai epĭdĭdŭmĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́δος tês epĭdĭdŭmĭ́dos	τοῖν ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́δοιν toîn epĭdĭdŭmĭ́doin	τῶν ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́δων tôn epĭdĭdŭmĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́δῐ têi epĭdĭdŭmĭ́dĭ	τοῖν ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́δοιν toîn epĭdĭdŭmĭ́doin	ταῖς ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́σῐ / ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́σῐν taîs epĭdĭdŭmĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́δᾰ tḕn epĭdĭdŭmĭ́dă	τὼ ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́δε tṑ epĭdĭdŭmĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́δᾰς tā̀s epĭdĭdŭmĭ́dăs
Vocative	ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́ς epĭdĭdŭmĭ́s	ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́δε epĭdĭdŭmĭ́de	ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́δες epĭdĭdŭmĭ́des
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

• Catalan: epidídim
• → English: epididymis
• → French: épididyme
• → Greek: επιδιδυμίδα (epididymída) (learned)
• → Italian: epididimo
• Latin: (scientific Latin) epididymus
  • Spanish: epidídimo

References

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