ἐπιπακτίς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἐπῐκᾰκτῐ́ς (epikaktís)
Etymology
Traditionally derived from ἐπῐπᾰκτόω (epipaktóō, “to shut close”) + -ῐ́ς (-ís), because of its healing function. However, Beekes compares also the plant name πεκτή (pektḗ, “comfrey”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pi.pak.tís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.pi.pakˈtis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.pi.pakˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.pi.pakˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.pi.pakˈtis/
Noun
ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́ς • (epipaktís) f (genitive ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δος); third declension
- rupturewort (Herniaria glabra)
- Synonym: ἑλλεβορῐ́νη (helleborínē)
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́ς; τῆς ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́ς hē epipaktís | τὼ ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δε tṑ epipaktíde | αἱ ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δες hai epipaktídes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δος tês epipaktídos | τοῖν ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δοιν toîn epipaktídoin | τῶν ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δων tôn epipaktídōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δῐ têi epipaktídi | τοῖν ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δοιν toîn epipaktídoin | ταῖς ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́σῐ / ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́σῐν taîs epipaktísi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δᾰ tḕn epipaktída | τὼ ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δε tṑ epipaktíde | τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δᾰς tā̀s epipaktídas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́ς epipaktís | ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δε epipaktíde | ἐπῐπᾰκτῐ́δες epipaktídes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: epipactis
- → Translingual: Epipactis
Further reading
- “ἐπιπακτίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐπιπακτίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN