Ἐπίκουρος

See also: ἐπίκουρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπίκουρος (epíkouros, “assisting, helper; defending, ally”), from ἐπι- (epi-) + an otherwise unknown root.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.kuː.ros/ → /eˈpi.ku.ros/ → /eˈpi.ku.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pí.kuː.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ku.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ku.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ku.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ku.ros/

Proper noun

Ἐπῐ́κουρος • (Epíkouros) m (genitive Ἐπῐκούρου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Epicurus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἐπῐ́κουρος; τοῦ Ἐπῐκούρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἐπῐ́κουρος ho Epíkouros
Genitive	τοῦ Ἐπῐκούρου toû Epikoúrou
Dative	τῷ Ἐπῐκούρῳ tôi Epikoúrōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἐπῐ́κουρον tòn Epíkouron
Vocative	Ἐπῐ́κουρε Epíkoure
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Επίκουρος (Epíkouros)
• → Old Armenian: Եպիկուրոս (Epikuros)
• → Latin: Epicūrus
• Hebrew: אֶפִּיקוֹרוֹס (epikóros, “heretic”), אֶפִּיקוֹרֶס
  • → Yiddish: אַפּיקורס (apikoyres)
    • → English: apikoros

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009