Epicharmus

English

Etymology

From Latin Epicharmus, from Ancient Greek Ἐπίχαρμος (Epíkharmos).

Proper noun

Epicharmus

1. comic playwright and moralist from Kos (c. 530 – 450 BCE)

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐπίχαρμος (Epíkharmos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /e.piˈkʰar.mus/, [ɛpɪˈkʰärmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.piˈkar.mus/, [epiˈkärmus]

Proper noun

Epicharmus m sg (genitive Epicharmī); second declension

1. A Greek philosopher and dramatist born in Syracuse

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Epicharmus
genitive	Epicharmī
dative	Epicharmō
accusative	Epicharmum
ablative	Epicharmō
vocative	Epicharme

Derived terms

• Epicharmius

References

• Epicharmus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Epicharmus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray