ἐρείπιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐρείπω (ereípō, “I throw down”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.rěː.pi.on/ → /eˈri.pi.on/ → /eˈri.pi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.rěː.pi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈri.pi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈri.pi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈri.pi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈri.pi.on/

Noun

ἐρείπῐον • (ereípĭon) n (genitive ἐρειπῐ́ου); second declension

1. ruin, wreck

Usage notes

Nearly always in plural.

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἐρείπῐον; τοῦ ἐρειπῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐρείπῐον tò ereípĭon	τὼ ἐρειπῐ́ω tṑ ereipĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ἐρείπῐᾰ tằ ereípĭă
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρειπῐ́ου toû ereipĭ́ou	τοῖν ἐρειπῐ́οιν toîn ereipĭ́oin	τῶν ἐρειπῐ́ων tôn ereipĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ἐρειπῐ́ῳ tôi ereipĭ́ōi	τοῖν ἐρειπῐ́οιν toîn ereipĭ́oin	τοῖς ἐρειπῐ́οις toîs ereipĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ἐρείπῐον tò ereípĭon	τὼ ἐρειπῐ́ω tṑ ereipĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ἐρείπῐᾰ tằ ereípĭă
Vocative	ἐρείπῐον ereípĭon	ἐρειπῐ́ω ereipĭ́ō	ἐρείπῐᾰ ereípĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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