ἐποποιία

See also: εποποιία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐποποιῐ́η (epopoiíē) — Epic

Etymology

From ἔπος (épos, “speech, song”) +‎ ποιέω (poiéō, “make, do”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.po.poi̯.í.aː/ → /e.po.pyˈi.a/ → /e.po.piˈi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.po.poi̯.í.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.po.pyˈi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.po.pyˈi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.po.pyˈi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.po.piˈi.a/

Noun

ἐποποιῐ́ᾱ • (epopoiíā) f (genitive ἐποποιῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. epic poetry or an epic poem
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.116, (Compare Aristotle, Poetics 24)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐποποιῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἐποποιῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐποποιῐ́ᾱ hē epopoiíā	τὼ ἐποποιῐ́ᾱ tṑ epopoiíā	αἱ ἐποποιῐ́αι hai epopoiíai
Genitive	τῆς ἐποποιῐ́ᾱς tês epopoiíās	τοῖν ἐποποιῐ́αιν toîn epopoiíain	τῶν ἐποποιῐῶν tôn epopoiiôn
Dative	τῇ ἐποποιῐ́ᾳ têi epopoiíāi	τοῖν ἐποποιῐ́αιν toîn epopoiíain	ταῖς ἐποποιῐ́αις taîs epopoiíais
Accusative	τὴν ἐποποιῐ́ᾱν tḕn epopoiíān	τὼ ἐποποιῐ́ᾱ tṑ epopoiíā	τᾱ̀ς ἐποποιῐ́ᾱς tā̀s epopoiíās
Vocative	ἐποποιῐ́ᾱ epopoiíā	ἐποποιῐ́ᾱ epopoiíā	ἐποποιῐ́αι epopoiíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• French: épopée
  • → Greek: εποποιία (epopoiía) (learned)

References

• “ἐποποιία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐποποιία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐποποιία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette