ἐπίλογος
See also: επίλογος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπῐ- (epi-, “on”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pí.lo.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpi.lo.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.lo.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.lo.ɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpi.lo.ɣos/
Noun
ἐπῐ́λογος • (epílogos) m (genitive ἐπῐλόγου); second declension
- reasoning, inference
- the epilogue or concluding portion of a play
- the peroration of a speech
- a subjoined or explanatory sentence
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ἐπῐ́λογος; τοῦ ἐπῐλόγου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἐπῐ́λογος ho epílogos | τὼ ἐπῐλόγω tṑ epilógō | οἱ ἐπῐ́λογοι hoi epílogoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἐπῐλόγου toû epilógou | τοῖν ἐπῐλόγοιν toîn epilógoin | τῶν ἐπῐλόγων tôn epilógōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἐπῐλόγῳ tôi epilógōi | τοῖν ἐπῐλόγοιν toîn epilógoin | τοῖς ἐπῐλόγοις toîs epilógois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἐπῐ́λογον tòn epílogon | τὼ ἐπῐλόγω tṑ epilógō | τοὺς ἐπῐλόγους toùs epilógous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐπῐ́λογε epíloge | ἐπῐλόγω epilógō | ἐπῐ́λογοι epílogoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Latin: epilogus
References
- “ἐπίλογος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐπίλογος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- peroration idem, page 607.