Ἐπίδαυρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Strabo, the city was originally named Ἐπίταυρος (Epítauros) under the Ionians, before taking the name Ἐπίκαρος (Epíkaros) under the Carians, before finally becoming Ἐπίδαυρος under the Dorians. Compare the individual elements ἐπί (epí, “upon”), ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”), Καρία (Karía, “Carian”), and Δωριεύς (Dōrieús), Δωριεῖς (Dōrieîs, “Dorians”). Also compare the mythological hero of the same name.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pí.dau̯.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpi.daw.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ða.βros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ða.vros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ða.vros/
Proper noun
Ἐπίδαυρος • (Epídauros) f (genitive Ἐπῐδαύρου); second declension
- Epidaurus (an ancient town on the Argolid Peninsula, Greece, famous for its theatre).
Inflection
Second declension of ἡ Ἐπίδαυρος; τῆς Ἐπιδαύρου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Ἐπίδαυρος hē Epídauros | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Ἐπιδαύρου tês Epidaúrou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Ἐπιδαύρῳ têi Epidaúrōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Ἐπίδαυρον tḕn Epídauron | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἐπίδαυρε Epídaure | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ἐπιδαύριος (Epidaúrios)
Descendants
- Greek: Επίδαυρος (Epídavros)
- → Latin: Epidaurus
Further reading
- “Ἐπίδαυρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- “Ἐπίδαυρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009
- Smith, William (1904): A Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography