ἐρίπνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐρείπω (ereípō, “to fall down”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.rí.pnɛː/ → /eˈri.pni/ → /eˈri.pni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.rí.pnɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈri.pne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈri.pni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈri.pni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈri.pni/

Noun

ἐρῐ́πνη • (erĭ́pnē) f (genitive ἐρῐ́πνης); first declension

1. (especially in the plural) broken cliff, crag

   Synonym: κρημνός (krēmnós)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐρῐ́πνη; τῆς ἐρῐ́πνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐρῐ́πνη hē erĭ́pnē	τὼ ἐρῐ́πνᾱ tṑ erĭ́pnā	αἱ ἐρῐ́πναι hai erĭ́pnai
Genitive	τῆς ἐρῐ́πνης tês erĭ́pnēs	τοῖν ἐρῐ́πναιν toîn erĭ́pnain	τῶν ἐρῐπνῶν tôn erĭpnôn
Dative	τῇ ἐρῐ́πνῃ têi erĭ́pnēi	τοῖν ἐρῐ́πναιν toîn erĭ́pnain	ταῖς ἐρῐ́πναις taîs erĭ́pnais
Accusative	τὴν ἐρῐ́πνην tḕn erĭ́pnēn	τὼ ἐρῐ́πνᾱ tṑ erĭ́pnā	τᾱ̀ς ἐρῐ́πνᾱς tā̀s erĭ́pnās
Vocative	ἐρῐ́πνη erĭ́pnē	ἐρῐ́πνᾱ erĭ́pnā	ἐρῐ́πναι erĭ́pnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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