ἐπιφανής

See also: επιφανής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-) +‎ -φανής (-phanḗs); compare ἐπιφαίνω (epiphaínō, “to come into view”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.pʰa.nɛ̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pi.pʰaˈne̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɸaˈnis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.faˈnis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pi.faˈnis/

Adjective

ἐπιφανής • (epiphanḗs) m or f (neuter ἐπιφανές); third declension

Inflection

Third declension of ἐπῐφᾰνής; ἐπῐφᾰνές (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἐπῐφᾰνής epiphanḗs	ἐπῐφᾰνές epiphanés	ἐπῐφᾰνεῖ epiphaneî	ἐπῐφᾰνεῖ epiphaneî	ἐπῐφᾰνεῖς epiphaneîs	ἐπῐφᾰνῆ epiphanê
Genitive	ἐπῐφᾰνοῦς epiphanoûs	ἐπῐφᾰνοῦς epiphanoûs	ἐπῐφᾰνοῖν epiphanoîn	ἐπῐφᾰνοῖν epiphanoîn	ἐπῐφᾰνῶν epiphanôn	ἐπῐφᾰνῶν epiphanôn
Dative	ἐπῐφᾰνεῖ epiphaneî	ἐπῐφᾰνεῖ epiphaneî	ἐπῐφᾰνοῖν epiphanoîn	ἐπῐφᾰνοῖν epiphanoîn	ἐπῐφᾰνέσῐ / ἐπῐφᾰνέσῐν epiphanési(n)	ἐπῐφᾰνέσῐ / ἐπῐφᾰνέσῐν epiphanési(n)
Accusative	ἐπῐφᾰνῆ epiphanê	ἐπῐφᾰνές epiphanés	ἐπῐφᾰνεῖ epiphaneî	ἐπῐφᾰνεῖ epiphaneî	ἐπῐφᾰνεῖς epiphaneîs	ἐπῐφᾰνῆ epiphanê
Vocative	ἐπῐφᾰνές epiphanés	ἐπῐφᾰνές epiphanés	ἐπῐφᾰνεῖ epiphaneî	ἐπῐφᾰνεῖ epiphaneî	ἐπῐφᾰνεῖς epiphaneîs	ἐπῐφᾰνῆ epiphanê
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ἐπῐφᾰνῶς epiphanôs		ἐπῐφᾰνέστερος epiphanésteros		ἐπῐφᾰνέστᾰτος epiphanéstatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἐπῐφᾰνής; ἐπῐφᾰνές (uncontracted, Ionic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἐπῐφᾰνής epiphanḗs	ἐπῐφᾰνές epiphanés	ἐπῐφᾰνεῖ / ἐπῐφᾰνέε epiphaneî / epiphanée	ἐπῐφᾰνεῖ / ἐπῐφᾰνέε epiphaneî / epiphanée	ἐπῐφᾰνεῖς / ἐπῐφᾰνέες epiphaneîs / epiphanées	ἐπῐφᾰνέᾰ epiphanéa
Genitive	ἐπῐφᾰνέος / ἐπῐφᾰνεῦς epiphanéos / epiphaneûs	ἐπῐφᾰνέος / ἐπῐφᾰνεῦς epiphanéos / epiphaneûs	ἐπῐφᾰνέοιν epiphanéoin	ἐπῐφᾰνέοιν epiphanéoin	ἐπῐφᾰνέων epiphanéōn	ἐπῐφᾰνέων epiphanéōn
Dative	ἐπῐφᾰνεῖ / ἐπῐφᾰνέῐ̈ epiphaneî / epiphanéï	ἐπῐφᾰνεῖ / ἐπῐφᾰνέῐ̈ epiphaneî / epiphanéï	ἐπῐφᾰνέοιν epiphanéoin	ἐπῐφᾰνέοιν epiphanéoin	ἐπῐφᾰνέσῐ / ἐπῐφᾰνέσῐν epiphanési(n)	ἐπῐφᾰνέσῐ / ἐπῐφᾰνέσῐν epiphanési(n)
Accusative	ἐπῐφᾰνέᾰ epiphanéa	ἐπῐφᾰνές epiphanés	ἐπῐφᾰνεῖ / ἐπῐφᾰνέε epiphaneî / epiphanée	ἐπῐφᾰνεῖ / ἐπῐφᾰνέε epiphaneî / epiphanée	ἐπῐφᾰνέᾰς epiphanéas	ἐπῐφᾰνέᾰ epiphanéa
Vocative	ἐπῐφᾰνές epiphanés	ἐπῐφᾰνές epiphanés	ἐπῐφᾰνεῖ / ἐπῐφᾰνέε epiphaneî / epiphanée	ἐπῐφᾰνεῖ / ἐπῐφᾰνέε epiphaneî / epiphanée	ἐπῐφᾰνεῖς / ἐπῐφᾰνέες epiphaneîs / epiphanées	ἐπῐφᾰνέᾰ epiphanéa
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ἐπῐφᾰνέως epiphanéōs		ἐπῐφᾰνέστερος epiphanésteros		ἐπῐφᾰνέστᾰτος epiphanéstatos
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

→ Greek: επιφανής (epifanís) (learned)

References

“ἐπιφανής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἐπιφανής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἐπιφανής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
“ἐπιφανής”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G2016 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.
- celebrated idem, page 120.
- clear idem, page 136.
- conspicuous idem, page 164.
- distinguished idem, page 241.
- eminent idem, page 268.
- evident idem, page 285.
- famous idem, page 305.
- great idem, page 372.
- illustrious idem, page 416.
- manifest idem, page 511.
- noted idem, page 562.
- obvious idem, page 568.
- overlooked idem, page 585.
- plain idem, page 616.
- prominent idem, page 653.
- renowned idem, page 695.
- visible idem, page 954.