ἔπηλυς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of ἐπῆλθον (epêlthon), aorist of ἐπέρχομαι (epérkhomai).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.pɛː.lys/ → /ˈe.pi.lys/ → /ˈe.pi.lis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.pɛː.lys/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pe̝.lys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pi.lys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pi.lys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pi.lis/

Adjective

ἔπηλῠς • (épēlŭs) m or f (neuter ἔπηλῠ); third declension

1. coming to a place
2. foreign, immigrant

Declension

Third declension of ἔπηλῠς; ἔπηλῠ (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἔπηλῠς épēlŭs	ἔπηλῠ épēlŭ		ἐπήλῠδε epḗlŭde	ἐπήλῠδε epḗlŭde		ἐπήλῠδες epḗlŭdes	ἐπήλῠδᾰ epḗlŭdă
Genitive		ἐπήλῠδος epḗlŭdos	ἐπήλῠδος epḗlŭdos		ἐπηλῠ́δοιν epēlŭ́doin	ἐπηλῠ́δοιν epēlŭ́doin		ἐπηλῠ́δων epēlŭ́dōn	ἐπηλῠ́δων epēlŭ́dōn
Dative		ἐπήλῠδῐ epḗlŭdĭ	ἐπήλῠδῐ epḗlŭdĭ		ἐπηλῠ́δοιν epēlŭ́doin	ἐπηλῠ́δοιν epēlŭ́doin		ἐπήλῠσῐ / ἐπήλῠσῐν epḗlŭsĭ(n)	ἐπήλῠσῐ / ἐπήλῠσῐν epḗlŭsĭ(n)
Accusative		ἐπήλῠδᾰ / ἔπηλῠν epḗlŭdă / épēlŭn	ἔπηλῠ épēlŭ		ἐπήλῠδε epḗlŭde	ἐπήλῠδε epḗlŭde		ἐπήλῠδᾰς epḗlŭdăs	ἐπήλῠδᾰ epḗlŭdă
Vocative		ἔπηλῠς épēlŭs	ἔπηλῠ épēlŭ		ἐπήλῠδε epḗlŭde	ἐπήλῠδε epḗlŭde		ἐπήλῠδες epḗlŭdes	ἐπήλῠδᾰ epḗlŭdă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐπηλῠ́δως epēlŭ́dōs			—			—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• ἔπηλυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἔπηλυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • alien idem, page 22.
  • arrival idem, page 41.
  • foreigner idem, page 336.
  • immersion idem, page 418.
  • stranger idem, page 823.