ἑρπύλλινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἕρπυλλος (hérpullos, “wild thyme”) +‎ -ινος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /her.pýl.li.nos/ → /erˈpyl.li.nos/ → /erˈpi.li.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /her.pýl.li.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)erˈpyl.li.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /erˈpyl.li.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /erˈpyl.li.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /erˈpi.li.nos/

Adjective

ἑρπῠ́λλῐνος • (herpúllinos) m (feminine ἑρπῠλλῐ́νη, neuter ἑρπῠ́λλῐνον); first/second declension

1. made of wild thyme

Inflection

First and second declension of ἑρπῠ́λλῐνος; ἑρπῠλλῐ́νη; ἑρπῠ́λλῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἑρπῠ́λλῐνος herpúllinos	ἑρπῠλλῐ́νη herpullínē	ἑρπῠ́λλῐνον herpúllinon		ἑρπῠλλῐ́νω herpullínō	ἑρπῠλλῐ́νᾱ herpullínā	ἑρπῠλλῐ́νω herpullínō		ἑρπῠ́λλῐνοι herpúllinoi	ἑρπῠ́λλῐναι herpúllinai	ἑρπῠ́λλῐνᾰ herpúllina
Genitive		ἑρπῠλλῐ́νου herpullínou	ἑρπῠλλῐ́νης herpullínēs	ἑρπῠλλῐ́νου herpullínou		ἑρπῠλλῐ́νοιν herpullínoin	ἑρπῠλλῐ́ναιν herpullínain	ἑρπῠλλῐ́νοιν herpullínoin		ἑρπῠλλῐ́νων herpullínōn	ἑρπῠλλῐ́νων herpullínōn	ἑρπῠλλῐ́νων herpullínōn
Dative		ἑρπῠλλῐ́νῳ herpullínōi	ἑρπῠλλῐ́νῃ herpullínēi	ἑρπῠλλῐ́νῳ herpullínōi		ἑρπῠλλῐ́νοιν herpullínoin	ἑρπῠλλῐ́ναιν herpullínain	ἑρπῠλλῐ́νοιν herpullínoin		ἑρπῠλλῐ́νοις herpullínois	ἑρπῠλλῐ́ναις herpullínais	ἑρπῠλλῐ́νοις herpullínois
Accusative		ἑρπῠ́λλῐνον herpúllinon	ἑρπῠλλῐ́νην herpullínēn	ἑρπῠ́λλῐνον herpúllinon		ἑρπῠλλῐ́νω herpullínō	ἑρπῠλλῐ́νᾱ herpullínā	ἑρπῠλλῐ́νω herpullínō		ἑρπῠλλῐ́νους herpullínous	ἑρπῠλλῐ́νᾱς herpullínās	ἑρπῠ́λλῐνᾰ herpúllina
Vocative		ἑρπῠ́λλῐνε herpúlline	ἑρπῠλλῐ́νη herpullínē	ἑρπῠ́λλῐνον herpúllinon		ἑρπῠλλῐ́νω herpullínō	ἑρπῠλλῐ́νᾱ herpullínā	ἑρπῠλλῐ́νω herpullínō		ἑρπῠ́λλῐνοι herpúllinoi	ἑρπῠ́λλῐναι herpúllinai	ἑρπῠ́λλῐνᾰ herpúllina
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἑρπῠλλῐ́νως herpullínōs				ἑρπῠλλῐνώτερος herpullinṓteros				ἑρπῠλλῐνώτᾰτος herpullinṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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