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单词 ἐπικλώθω
释义

ἐπικλώθω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐπῐ- (epi-, for) + κλώθω (klṓthō, spin). Describes the action of the Fates, who spun the thread of each person's destiny.

Pronunciation

 
  • (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pi.klɔ̌ː.tʰɔː/
  • (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.piˈklo.tʰo/
  • (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.piˈklo.θo/
  • (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.piˈklo.θo/
  • (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.piˈklo.θo/

Verb

ἐπῐκλώθω (epiklṓthō)

  1. (transitive or intransitive, active or middle) assign to, destine [+dative = someone] [+accusative = something] or [+infinitive = to do something]
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey, 1:16–18:
      ἀλλ’ ὅτε δὴ ἔτος ἦλθε περιπλομένων ἐνιαυτῶν,
      τῷ οἱ ἐπεκλώσαντο θεοὶ οἶκόνδε νέεσθαι
      εἰς Ἰθάκην,
      all’ hóte dḕ étos êlthe periploménōn eniautôn,
      tôi hoi epeklṓsanto theoì oîkónde néesthai
      eis Ithákēn,
      But when the year had finally come in the turning of time,
      in which the gods had destined [Odysseus] to return home
      to Ithaca,

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἐπικλωσθέντα n pl (epiklōsthénta, destiny, aorist passive participle)

Further reading

  • ἐπικλώθω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ἐπικλώθω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ἐπικλώθω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἐπικλώθω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
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