ἐπισφύρια

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pis.pʰý.ri.a/ → /e.pisˈɸy.ri.a/ → /e.pisˈfi.ri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pis.pʰý.ri.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pisˈpʰy.ri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pisˈɸy.ri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pisˈfy.ri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pisˈfi.ri.a/

Adjective

ἐπισφύρῐᾰ • (episphúrĭă)

1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ἐπισφύρῐος (episphúrĭos)

Noun

ἐπισφύρῐᾰ • (episphúrĭă) n pl (genitive ἐπισφῠρίων); second declension

1. bands, clasps or hook that fasten the greaves over the ankle, leg guards
2. ankle

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ ἐπισφῠ́ρῐᾰ; τῶν ἐπισφῠρῐ́ων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ ἐπισφῠ́ρῐᾰ tằ episphŭ́rĭă
Genitive	τῶν ἐπισφῠρῐ́ων tôn episphŭrĭ́ōn
Dative	τοῖς ἐπισφῠρῐ́οις toîs episphŭrĭ́ois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ ἐπισφῠ́ρῐᾰ tằ episphŭ́rĭă
Vocative	ἐπισφῠ́ρῐᾰ episphŭ́rĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐπισφύρια”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐπισφύριον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἐπισφύρια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press