εὐπαλής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From εὐ- (eu-, “well”) + πάλη (pálē, “wrestling, fight”) + -ής (-ḗs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eu̯.pa.lɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ew.paˈle̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eɸ.paˈlis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ef.paˈlis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ef.paˈlis/
Adjective
εὐπᾰλής • (eupalḗs) m or f (neuter εὐπᾰλές); third declension
- easy to wrestle with, easy to accomplish
Declension
Third declension of εὐπᾰλής; εὐπᾰλές (contracted, Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | εὐπᾰλής eupalḗs | εὐπᾰλές eupalés | εὐπᾰλεῖ eupaleî | εὐπᾰλεῖ eupaleî | εὐπᾰλεῖς eupaleîs | εὐπᾰλῆ eupalê | ||||||||
Genitive | εὐπᾰλοῦς eupaloûs | εὐπᾰλοῦς eupaloûs | εὐπᾰλοῖν eupaloîn | εὐπᾰλοῖν eupaloîn | εὐπᾰλῶν eupalôn | εὐπᾰλῶν eupalôn | ||||||||
Dative | εὐπᾰλεῖ eupaleî | εὐπᾰλεῖ eupaleî | εὐπᾰλοῖν eupaloîn | εὐπᾰλοῖν eupaloîn | εὐπᾰλέσῐ / εὐπᾰλέσῐν eupalési(n) | εὐπᾰλέσῐ / εὐπᾰλέσῐν eupalési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | εὐπᾰλῆ eupalê | εὐπᾰλές eupalés | εὐπᾰλεῖ eupaleî | εὐπᾰλεῖ eupaleî | εὐπᾰλεῖς eupaleîs | εὐπᾰλῆ eupalê | ||||||||
Vocative | εὐπᾰλές eupalés | εὐπᾰλές eupalés | εὐπᾰλεῖ eupaleî | εὐπᾰλεῖ eupaleî | εὐπᾰλεῖς eupaleîs | εὐπᾰλῆ eupalê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
εὐπᾰλῶς eupalôs | εὐπᾰλέστερος eupalésteros | εὐπᾰλέστᾰτος eupaléstatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “εὐπαλής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- εὐπαλής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette