ἐπιλύτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπιλῡ́ω (epilū́ō, “solve, explain”) +‎ -της (-tēs, agent noun suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.lý.tɛːs/ → /e.piˈly.tis/ → /e.piˈli.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.lý.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.piˈly.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈly.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈly.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.piˈli.tis/

Noun

ἐπῐλύτης • (epĭlútēs) m (genitive ἐπῐλύτου); first declension

1. (Byzantine) one who resolves or explains

Declension

First declension of ὁ ἐπῐλῠ́της; τοῦ ἐπῐλῠ́του (Byzantine)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐπῐλῠ́της ho epĭlŭ́tēs	οἱ ἐπῐλῠ́ται hoi epĭlŭ́tai
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπῐλῠ́του toû epĭlŭ́tou	τῶν ἐπῐλῠτῶν tôn epĭlŭtôn
Dative	τῷ ἐπῐλῠ́τῃ tôi epĭlŭ́tēi	τοῖς ἐπῐλῠ́ταις toîs epĭlŭ́tais
Accusative	τὸν ἐπῐλῠ́την tòn epĭlŭ́tēn	τοὺς ἐπῐλῠ́τᾱς toùs epĭlŭ́tās
Vocative	ἐπῐλῠ́τᾰ epĭlŭ́tă	ἐπῐλῠ́ται epĭlŭ́tai

Further reading

• ἐπιλύτης, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• ἐπιλύτης in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften