ἐπικουρία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐπικουρίη (epikouríē) — Ionic

Etymology

ἐπίκουρος (epíkouros) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.kuː.rí.aː/ → /e.pi.kuˈri.a/ → /e.pi.kuˈri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.kuː.rí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pi.kuˈri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.kuˈri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.kuˈri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pi.kuˈri.a/

Noun

ἐπῐκουρίᾱ • (epikouríā) f (genitive ἐπῐκουρίᾱς); first declension

1. help, aid, succour
   • New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 26:22 :

     ἐπικουρίας οὖν τυχὼν τῆς παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἄχρι τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης ἕστηκα μαρτυρόμενος μικρῷ τε καὶ μεγάλῳ, οὐδὲν ἐκτὸς λέγων ὧν τε οἱ προφῆται ἐλάλησαν μελλόντων γίνεσθαι καὶ Μωϋσῆς

     epikourías oûn tukhṑn tês parà toû Theoû ákhri tês hēméras taútēs héstēka marturómenos mikrôi te kaì megálōi, oudèn ektòs légōn hôn te hoi prophêtai elálēsan mellóntōn gínesthai kaì Mōüsês

     Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come

2. an auxiliary or mercenary force

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἐπῐκουρίᾱ; τῆς ἐπῐκουρίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐκουρίᾱ hē epikouríā	τὼ ἐπῐκουρίᾱ tṑ epikouríā	αἱ ἐπῐκουρίαι hai epikouríai
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐκουρίᾱς tês epikouríās	τοῖν ἐπῐκουρίαιν toîn epikouríain	τῶν ἐπῐκουριῶν tôn epikouriôn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐκουρίᾳ têi epikouríāi	τοῖν ἐπῐκουρίαιν toîn epikouríain	ταῖς ἐπῐκουρίαις taîs epikouríais
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐκουρίᾱν tḕn epikouríān	τὼ ἐπῐκουρίᾱ tṑ epikouríā	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐκουρίᾱς tā̀s epikouríās
Vocative	ἐπῐκουρίᾱ epikouríā	ἐπῐκουρίᾱ epikouríā	ἐπῐκουρίαι epikouríai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• ἐπικουρία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἐπικουρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G1947 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • aid idem, page 20.
  • assistance idem, page 46.
  • auxiliary idem, page 54.
  • defence idem, page 204.
  • help idem, page 395.