ἐπιχώριος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) +‎ χώρᾱ (khṓrā, “country”, adjective suffix) +‎ -ιος (-ios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.kʰɔ̌ː.ri.os/ → /e.piˈxo.ri.os/ → /e.piˈxo.ri.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.kʰɔ̌ː.ri.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.piˈkʰo.ri.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈxo.ri.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈxo.ri.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.piˈxo.ri.os/

Adjective

ἐπῐχώρῐος • (epĭkhṓrĭos) m (feminine ἐπῐχωρίᾱ, neuter ἐπῐχώρῐον); first/second declension

1. in or of the country
   1. (of persons) native
   2. (of things) of or used in the country, custom, fashion

Inflection

First and second declension of ἐπῐχώρῐος; ἐπῐχωρῐ́ᾱ; ἐπῐχώρῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπῐχώρῐος epĭkhṓrĭos	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ᾱ epĭkhōrĭ́ā	ἐπῐχώρῐον epĭkhṓrĭon		ἐπῐχωρῐ́ω epĭkhōrĭ́ō	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ᾱ epĭkhōrĭ́ā	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ω epĭkhōrĭ́ō		ἐπῐχώρῐοι epĭkhṓrĭoi	ἐπῐχώρῐαι epĭkhṓrĭai	ἐπῐχώρῐᾰ epĭkhṓrĭă
Genitive		ἐπῐχωρῐ́ου epĭkhōrĭ́ou	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ᾱς epĭkhōrĭ́ās	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ου epĭkhōrĭ́ou		ἐπῐχωρῐ́οιν epĭkhōrĭ́oin	ἐπῐχωρῐ́αιν epĭkhōrĭ́ain	ἐπῐχωρῐ́οιν epĭkhōrĭ́oin		ἐπῐχωρῐ́ων epĭkhōrĭ́ōn	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ων epĭkhōrĭ́ōn	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ων epĭkhōrĭ́ōn
Dative		ἐπῐχωρῐ́ῳ epĭkhōrĭ́ōi	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ᾳ epĭkhōrĭ́āi	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ῳ epĭkhōrĭ́ōi		ἐπῐχωρῐ́οιν epĭkhōrĭ́oin	ἐπῐχωρῐ́αιν epĭkhōrĭ́ain	ἐπῐχωρῐ́οιν epĭkhōrĭ́oin		ἐπῐχωρῐ́οις epĭkhōrĭ́ois	ἐπῐχωρῐ́αις epĭkhōrĭ́ais	ἐπῐχωρῐ́οις epĭkhōrĭ́ois
Accusative		ἐπῐχώρῐον epĭkhṓrĭon	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ᾱν epĭkhōrĭ́ān	ἐπῐχώρῐον epĭkhṓrĭon		ἐπῐχωρῐ́ω epĭkhōrĭ́ō	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ᾱ epĭkhōrĭ́ā	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ω epĭkhōrĭ́ō		ἐπῐχωρῐ́ους epĭkhōrĭ́ous	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ᾱς epĭkhōrĭ́ās	ἐπῐχώρῐᾰ epĭkhṓrĭă
Vocative		ἐπῐχώρῐε epĭkhṓrĭe	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ᾱ epĭkhōrĭ́ā	ἐπῐχώρῐον epĭkhṓrĭon		ἐπῐχωρῐ́ω epĭkhōrĭ́ō	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ᾱ epĭkhōrĭ́ā	ἐπῐχωρῐ́ω epĭkhōrĭ́ō		ἐπῐχώρῐοι epĭkhṓrĭoi	ἐπῐχώρῐαι epĭkhṓrĭai	ἐπῐχώρῐᾰ epĭkhṓrĭă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐπῐχωρῐ́ως epĭkhōrĭ́ōs				ἐπῐχωρῐώτερος epĭkhōrĭṓteros				ἐπῐχωρῐώτᾰτος epĭkhōrĭṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Italian: epicorio

Further reading

• “ἐπιχώριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπιχώριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐπιχώριος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἐπιχώριος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • indigenous idem, page 433.
  • inhabitant idem, page 440.
  • local idem, page 497.
  • national idem, page 551.
  • native idem, page 551.
  • resident idem, page 702.
  • vernacular idem, page 948.