ἐφόλκαιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐφέλκω (ephélkō, “to drag”) +‎ -ιον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pʰól.kai̯.on/ → /eˈɸol.cɛ.on/ → /eˈfol.ce.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pʰól.kai̯.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpʰol.kɛ.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈɸol.cɛ.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈfol.ce.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈfol.ce.on/

Noun

ἐφόλκαιον • (ephólkaion) n (genitive ἐφολκαίου); second declension

1. lading-plank

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἐφόλκαιον; τοῦ ἐφολκαίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐφόλκαιον tò ephólkaion	τὼ ἐφολκαίω tṑ epholkaíō	τᾰ̀ ἐφόλκαιᾰ tà ephólkaia
Genitive	τοῦ ἐφολκαίου toû epholkaíou	τοῖν ἐφολκαίοιν toîn epholkaíoin	τῶν ἐφολκαίων tôn epholkaíōn
Dative	τῷ ἐφολκαίῳ tôi epholkaíōi	τοῖν ἐφολκαίοιν toîn epholkaíoin	τοῖς ἐφολκαίοις toîs epholkaíois
Accusative	τὸ ἐφόλκαιον tò ephólkaion	τὼ ἐφολκαίω tṑ epholkaíō	τᾰ̀ ἐφόλκαιᾰ tà ephólkaia
Vocative	ἐφόλκαιον ephólkaion	ἐφολκαίω epholkaíō	ἐφόλκαιᾰ ephólkaia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐφόλκαιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐφόλκαιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette