ἐπίκλησις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Analyzable as ἐπι- (epi-) + κλῆσις (klêsis) or as ἐπικαλέω (epikaléō) + -σις (-sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pí.klɛː.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpi.kle̝.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.kli.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.kli.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpi.kli.sis/
Noun
ἐπίκλησῐς • (epíklēsis) f (genitive ἐπικλήσεως); third declension
- surname
- invocation
Declension
Third declension of ἡ ἐπίκλησῐς; τῆς ἐπικλήσεως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἐπίκλησῐς hē epíklēsis | τὼ ἐπικλήσει tṑ epiklḗsei | αἱ ἐπικλήσεις hai epiklḗseis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἐπικλήσεως tês epiklḗseōs | τοῖν ἐπικλησέοιν toîn epiklēséoin | τῶν ἐπικλήσεων tôn epiklḗseōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἐπικλήσει têi epiklḗsei | τοῖν ἐπικλησέοιν toîn epiklēséoin | ταῖς ἐπικλήσεσῐ / ἐπικλήσεσῐν taîs epiklḗsesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἐπίκλησῐν tḕn epíklēsin | τὼ ἐπικλήσει tṑ epiklḗsei | τᾱ̀ς ἐπικλήσεις tā̀s epiklḗseis | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐπίκλησῐ epíklēsi | ἐπικλήσει epiklḗsei | ἐπικλήσεις epiklḗseis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: επίκληση (epíklisi)
- → Latin: epiclēsis
- → English: epiclesis
Further reading
- “ἐπίκλησις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐπίκλησις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐπίκλησις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἐπίκλησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- designation idem, page 215.
- surname idem, page 844.
- title idem, page 878.