ἐπιφορά

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπῐφέρω (epiphérō) +‎ -α (-a).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.pʰo.rǎː/ → /e.pi.ɸoˈra/ → /e.pi.foˈra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.pʰo.rǎː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pi.pʰoˈra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɸoˈra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.foˈra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pi.foˈra/

Noun

ἐπῐφορᾱ́ • (epiphorā́) f (genitive ἐπῐφορᾶς); first declension

1. bonus, extra, largess
2. gratuity; donation

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἐπῐφορᾱ́; τῆς ἐπῐφορᾶς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐφορᾱ́ hē epiphorā́	τὼ ἐπῐφορᾱ́ tṑ epiphorā́	αἱ ἐπῐφοραί hai epiphoraí
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐφορᾶς tês epiphorâs	τοῖν ἐπῐφοραῖν toîn epiphoraîn	τῶν ἐπῐφορῶν tôn epiphorôn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐφορᾷ têi epiphorâi	τοῖν ἐπῐφοραῖν toîn epiphoraîn	ταῖς ἐπῐφοραῖς taîs epiphoraîs
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐφορᾱ́ν tḕn epiphorā́n	τὼ ἐπῐφορᾱ́ tṑ epiphorā́	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐφορᾱ́ς tā̀s epiphorā́s
Vocative	ἐπῐφορᾱ́ epiphorā́	ἐπῐφορᾱ́ epiphorā́	ἐπῐφοραί epiphoraí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: επιφορά (epiforá)

Further reading

• “ἐπιφορά”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπιφορά”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐπιφορά 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.
  • additional idem, page 11.
  • attribution idem, page 52.
  • bonus idem, page 89.
  • donative idem, page 247.
  • extra idem, page 297.
  • gratuity idem, page 371.
  • largess idem, page 477.
  • pay idem, page 600.
  • premium idem, page 635.