Ἐπαμεινώνδας

See also: Επαμεινώνδας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπί (epí) + ἀμείνων (ameínōn) + -ίδᾱς (-ídās).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pa.meː.nɔ̌ːn.daːs/ → /e.pa.miˈnon.das/ → /e.pa.miˈnon.das/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pa.meː.nɔ̌ːn.daːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pa.miˈnon.das/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pa.miˈnon.das/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pa.miˈnon.das/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pa.miˈnon.das/

Proper noun

Ἐπαμεινώνδᾱς • (Epameinṓndās) m (genitive Ἐπαμεινώνδου); first declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Epaminondas

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἐπαμεινώνδᾱς; τοῦ Ἐπαμεινώνδου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἐπαμεινώνδᾱς ho Epameinṓndās
Genitive	τοῦ Ἐπαμεινώνδου toû Epameinṓndou
Dative	τῷ Ἐπαμεινώνδᾳ tôi Epameinṓndāi
Accusative	τὸν Ἐπαμεινώνδᾱν tòn Epameinṓndān
Vocative	Ἐπαμεινώνδᾱ Epameinṓndā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Επαμεινώνδας (Epameinóndas)
• → Latin: Epamīnōndās
• → Italian: Epaminonda
• → Romanian: Epaminonda

References

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