ἐπιζάφελος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπῐ- (epĭ-, on, upon) +‎ ζάφελος (záphelos, “violent”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.piz.dá.pʰe.los/ → /e.piˈza.ɸe.los/ → /e.piˈza.fe.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.piz.dá.pʰe.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.piˈza.pʰe.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈza.ɸe.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈza.fe.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.piˈza.fe.los/

Adjective

ἐπῐζᾰ́φελος • (epĭzắphelos) m or f (neuter ἐπῐζᾰ́φελον); second declension

1. vehement, violent, furious

   Synonyms: σφεδᾰνός (sphedănós), σφοδρός (sphodrós)

Declension

Second declension of ἐπῐζᾰ́φελος; ἐπῐζᾰ́φελον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπῐζᾰ́φελος epĭzắphelos	ἐπῐζᾰ́φελον epĭzắphelon		ἐπῐζᾰφέλω epĭzăphélō	ἐπῐζᾰφέλω epĭzăphélō		ἐπῐζᾰ́φελοι epĭzắpheloi	ἐπῐζᾰ́φελᾰ epĭzắphelă
Genitive		ἐπῐζᾰφέλου epĭzăphélou	ἐπῐζᾰφέλου epĭzăphélou		ἐπῐζᾰφέλοιν epĭzăphéloin	ἐπῐζᾰφέλοιν epĭzăphéloin		ἐπῐζᾰφέλων epĭzăphélōn	ἐπῐζᾰφέλων epĭzăphélōn
Dative		ἐπῐζᾰφέλῳ epĭzăphélōi	ἐπῐζᾰφέλῳ epĭzăphélōi		ἐπῐζᾰφέλοιν epĭzăphéloin	ἐπῐζᾰφέλοιν epĭzăphéloin		ἐπῐζᾰφέλοις epĭzăphélois	ἐπῐζᾰφέλοις epĭzăphélois
Accusative		ἐπῐζᾰ́φελον epĭzắphelon	ἐπῐζᾰ́φελον epĭzắphelon		ἐπῐζᾰφέλω epĭzăphélō	ἐπῐζᾰφέλω epĭzăphélō		ἐπῐζᾰφέλους epĭzăphélous	ἐπῐζᾰ́φελᾰ epĭzắphelă
Vocative		ἐπῐζᾰ́φελε epĭzắphele	ἐπῐζᾰ́φελον epĭzắphelon		ἐπῐζᾰφέλω epĭzăphélō	ἐπῐζᾰφέλω epĭzăphélō		ἐπῐζᾰ́φελοι epĭzắpheloi	ἐπῐζᾰ́φελᾰ epĭzắphelă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐπῐζᾰφέλως epĭzăphélōs			ἐπῐζᾰφελώτερος epĭzăphelṓteros			ἐπῐζᾰφελώτᾰτος epĭzăphelṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐπιζάφελος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπιζάφελος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἐπιζάφελος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐπιζάφελος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐπιζάφελος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963