ἐπιθαλάμιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπῐ- (epĭ-) +‎ θάλαμος (thálamos) +‎ -ιος (-ios)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.tʰa.lá.mi.os/ → /e.pi.θaˈla.mi.os/ → /e.pi.θaˈla.mi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.tʰa.lá.mi.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pi.tʰaˈla.mi.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.θaˈla.mi.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.θaˈla.mi.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pi.θaˈla.mi.os/

Adjective

ἐπῐθᾰλάμῐος • (epĭthălámĭos) m or f (neuter ἐπῐθᾰλάμῐον); second declension

1. bridal, nuptial; of or pertaining to the bride, the wedding
2. (nominalized, masculine, feminine or neuter) bridal song, epithalamium
   • Lucan, Symposium 40:

     ἐγὼ γὰρ ὑμῖν ἐπιθαλάμιον ἀναγνώσομαι καὶ ἀρξάμενος ἀνεγίνωσκεν.

     egṑ gàr humîn epithalámion anagnṓsomai kaì arxámenos anegínōsken.

Declension

Second declension of ἐπῐθᾰλᾰ́μῐος; ἐπῐθᾰλᾰ́μῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπῐθᾰλᾰ́μῐος epĭthălắmĭos	ἐπῐθᾰλᾰ́μῐον epĭthălắmĭon		ἐπῐθᾰλᾰμῐ́ω epĭthălămĭ́ō	ἐπῐθᾰλᾰμῐ́ω epĭthălămĭ́ō		ἐπῐθᾰλᾰ́μῐοι epĭthălắmĭoi	ἐπῐθᾰλᾰ́μῐᾰ epĭthălắmĭă
Genitive		ἐπῐθᾰλᾰμῐ́ου epĭthălămĭ́ou	ἐπῐθᾰλᾰμῐ́ου epĭthălămĭ́ou		ἐπῐθᾰλᾰμῐ́οιν epĭthălămĭ́oin	ἐπῐθᾰλᾰμῐ́οιν epĭthălămĭ́oin		ἐπῐθᾰλᾰμῐ́ων epĭthălămĭ́ōn	ἐπῐθᾰλᾰμῐ́ων epĭthălămĭ́ōn
Dative		ἐπῐθᾰλᾰμῐ́ῳ epĭthălămĭ́ōi	ἐπῐθᾰλᾰμῐ́ῳ epĭthălămĭ́ōi		ἐπῐθᾰλᾰμῐ́οιν epĭthălămĭ́oin	ἐπῐθᾰλᾰμῐ́οιν epĭthălămĭ́oin		ἐπῐθᾰλᾰμῐ́οις epĭthălămĭ́ois	ἐπῐθᾰλᾰμῐ́οις epĭthălămĭ́ois
Accusative		ἐπῐθᾰλᾰ́μῐον epĭthălắmĭon	ἐπῐθᾰλᾰ́μῐον epĭthălắmĭon		ἐπῐθᾰλᾰμῐ́ω epĭthălămĭ́ō	ἐπῐθᾰλᾰμῐ́ω epĭthălămĭ́ō		ἐπῐθᾰλᾰμῐ́ους epĭthălămĭ́ous	ἐπῐθᾰλᾰ́μῐᾰ epĭthălắmĭă
Vocative		ἐπῐθᾰλᾰ́μῐε epĭthălắmĭe	ἐπῐθᾰλᾰ́μῐον epĭthălắmĭon		ἐπῐθᾰλᾰμῐ́ω epĭthălămĭ́ō	ἐπῐθᾰλᾰμῐ́ω epĭthălămĭ́ō		ἐπῐθᾰλᾰ́μῐοι epĭthălắmĭoi	ἐπῐθᾰλᾰ́μῐᾰ epĭthălắmĭă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐπῐθᾰλᾰμῐ́ως epĭthălămĭ́ōs			ἐπῐθᾰλᾰμῐώτερος epĭthălămĭṓteros			ἐπῐθᾰλᾰμῐώτᾰτος epĭthălămĭṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: epitalama
• → Belarusian: эпіталама (epitalama)
• → Bulgarian: епиталамиите (epitalamiite)
• → Georgian: ეპითალამა (eṗitalama)
• → Latin: epithalamium (see there for further descendants)
• → Russian: эпиталама (epitalama)
  • → Kyrgyz: эпиталама (epitalama)
• → Serbo-Croatian: епиталам
• → Ukrainian: епіталама (epitalama)

Further reading

• “ἐπιθαλάμιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπιθαλάμιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐπιθαλάμιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἐπιθαλάμιος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011