ἐπιγονατίς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπῐ- (epi-, upon) + γόνυ (gónu, “knee”) + -ῐ́ς (-ís).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pi.ɡo.na.tís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.pi.ɡo.naˈtis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.pi.ɣo.naˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.pi.ɣo.naˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.pi.ɣo.naˈtis/
Noun
ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́ς • (epigonatís) f (genitive ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δος); third declension
- (anatomy) kneecap, rotula
- garment reaching to the knee
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́ς; τῆς ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́ς hē epigonatís | τὼ ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δε tṑ epigonatíde | αἱ ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δες hai epigonatídes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δος tês epigonatídos | τοῖν ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δοιν toîn epigonatídoin | τῶν ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δων tôn epigonatídōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δῐ têi epigonatídi | τοῖν ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δοιν toîn epigonatídoin | ταῖς ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́σῐ / ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́σῐν taîs epigonatísi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δᾰ tḕn epigonatída | τὼ ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δε tṑ epigonatíde | τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δᾰς tā̀s epigonatídas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́ς epigonatís | ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δε epigonatíde | ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δες epigonatídes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: επιγονατίδα (epigonatída)
References
- “ἐπιγονατίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐπιγονατίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette