ἐπινυκτίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐπῐ- (epĭ-, “on, upon”) +‎ νύξ (núx, “night”) +‎ -ίς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.nyk.tís/ → /e.pi.nykˈtis/ → /e.pi.nikˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.nyk.tís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pi.nykˈtis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.nykˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.nykˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pi.nikˈtis/

Noun

ἐπῐνυκτῐ́ς • (epĭnuktĭ́s) f (genitive ἐπῐνυκτῐ́δος); third declension

1. (pathology) pustule which is most painful by night

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐπῐνυκτῐ́ς; τῆς ἐπῐνυκτῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐνυκτῐ́ς hē epĭnuktĭ́s	τὼ ἐπῐνυκτῐ́δε tṑ epĭnuktĭ́de	αἱ ἐπῐνυκτῐ́δες hai epĭnuktĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐνυκτῐ́δος tês epĭnuktĭ́dos	τοῖν ἐπῐνυκτῐ́δοιν toîn epĭnuktĭ́doin	τῶν ἐπῐνυκτῐ́δων tôn epĭnuktĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐνυκτῐ́δῐ têi epĭnuktĭ́dĭ	τοῖν ἐπῐνυκτῐ́δοιν toîn epĭnuktĭ́doin	ταῖς ἐπῐνυκτῐ́σῐ / ἐπῐνυκτῐ́σῐν taîs epĭnuktĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐνυκτῐ́δᾰ tḕn epĭnuktĭ́dă	τὼ ἐπῐνυκτῐ́δε tṑ epĭnuktĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐνυκτῐ́δᾰς tā̀s epĭnuktĭ́dăs
Vocative	ἐπῐνυκτῐ́ς epĭnuktĭ́s	ἐπῐνυκτῐ́δε epĭnuktĭ́de	ἐπῐνυκτῐ́δες epĭnuktĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Latin: epinyctis

References

• “ἐπινυκτίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐπινυκτίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette