ἐπιθαλάμιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπῐ́ (epĭ́) +‎ 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/

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Adjective

ἐπιθαλάμιος • (epithalámios) m or f (neuter ἐπιθαλάμιον); second declension

1. bridal, nuptial; of or pertaining to the bride, the wedding
2. (substantive) 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 ἐπιθαλάμιος; ἐπιθαλάμιον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπιθαλάμιος epithalámios	ἐπιθαλάμιον epithalámion		ἐπιθαλαμίω epithalamíō	ἐπιθαλαμίω epithalamíō		ἐπιθαλάμιοι epithalámioi	ἐπιθαλάμιᾰ epithalámiă
Genitive		ἐπιθαλαμίου epithalamíou	ἐπιθαλαμίου epithalamíou		ἐπιθαλαμίοιν epithalamíoin	ἐπιθαλαμίοιν epithalamíoin		ἐπιθαλαμίων epithalamíōn	ἐπιθαλαμίων epithalamíōn
Dative		ἐπιθαλαμίῳ epithalamíōi	ἐπιθαλαμίῳ epithalamíōi		ἐπιθαλαμίοιν epithalamíoin	ἐπιθαλαμίοιν epithalamíoin		ἐπιθαλαμίοις epithalamíois	ἐπιθαλαμίοις epithalamíois
Accusative		ἐπιθαλάμιον epithalámion	ἐπιθαλάμιον epithalámion		ἐπιθαλαμίω epithalamíō	ἐπιθαλαμίω epithalamíō		ἐπιθαλαμίους epithalamíous	ἐπιθαλάμιᾰ epithalámiă
Vocative		ἐπιθαλάμιε epithalámie	ἐπιθαλάμιον epithalámion		ἐπιθαλαμίω epithalamíō	ἐπιθαλαμίω epithalamíō		ἐπιθαλάμιοι epithalámioi	ἐπιθαλάμιᾰ epithalámiă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐπιθαλαμίως epithalamíōs			ἐπιθαλαμιότερος epithalamióteros			ἐπιθαλαμιότᾰτος epithalamiótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Italic
  • Latino-Faliscan
    • Latin: epithalamium
      • Gallo-Romance
        • French: épithalame
      • Italo-Romance
        • Italian: epitalamio
      • Ibero-Romance
        • Portuguese: epitalâmio
        • Galician: epitalamio
        • Spanish: epitalamio
      • Eastern Romance
        • Romanian: epitalam
• Germanic
  • English: epithalamium
  • German: Epithalamium
  • Dutch: epithalamium
  • Norwegian: epitalamium
• Slavic
  • West Slavic
    • Polish: epitalamium
  • East Slavic
    • Russian: эпиталама (epitalama)
    • Belarusian: эпіталама (epitalama)
    • Bulgarian: епиталамиите (epitalamiite)
    • Ukrainian: епіталама (epitalama)
  • South Slavic
    • Serbo-Croatian: епиталам
• Turkic
  • Azerbaijani: epitalama
  • Kyrgyz: эпиталама (epitalama)
• Language isolate
  • Basque: epitalamio

References

• “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