ἐπιτομή

See also: επιτομή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπῐτέμνω (epĭtémnō, “cut upon the surface”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.to.mɛ̌ː/ → /e.pi.toˈmi/ → /e.pi.toˈmi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.to.mɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pi.toˈme̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.toˈmi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.toˈmi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pi.toˈmi/

Noun

ἐπῐτομή • (epĭtomḗ) f (genitive ἐπῐτομῆς); first declension

1. a cutting on the surface, incision
2. epitome, abridgement

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐπῐτομή; τῆς ἐπῐτομῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐτομή hē epĭtomḗ	τὼ ἐπῐτομᾱ́ tṑ epĭtomā́	αἱ ἐπῐτομαί hai epĭtomaí
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐτομῆς tês epĭtomês	τοῖν ἐπῐτομαῖν toîn epĭtomaîn	τῶν ἐπῐτομῶν tôn epĭtomôn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐτομῇ têi epĭtomêi	τοῖν ἐπῐτομαῖν toîn epĭtomaîn	ταῖς ἐπῐτομαῖς taîs epĭtomaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐτομήν tḕn epĭtomḗn	τὼ ἐπῐτομᾱ́ tṑ epĭtomā́	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐτομᾱ́ς tā̀s epĭtomā́s
Vocative	ἐπῐτομή epĭtomḗ	ἐπῐτομᾱ́ epĭtomā́	ἐπῐτομαί epĭtomaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: επιτομή (epitomí)
• → Latin: epitomē (see there for further descendants)

References

• “ἐπιτομή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπιτομή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐπιτομή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • scratch idem, page 742.