ἐπισφύρια
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pis.pʰý.ri.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.pisˈpʰy.ri.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.pisˈɸy.ri.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.pisˈfy.ri.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.pisˈfi.ri.a/
Adjective
ἐπισφύρῐᾰ • (episphúria)
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ἐπισφύρῐος (episphúrios)
Noun
ἐπισφύρῐᾰ • (episphúria) n pl (genitive ἐπισφῠρίων); second declension
- bands, clasps or hook that fasten the greaves over the ankle, leg guards
- ankle
Declension
Second declension of τᾰ̀ ἐπισφῠ́ρῐᾰ; τῶν ἐπισφῠρῐ́ων (Attic)
Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | τᾰ̀ ἐπισφῠ́ρῐᾰ tà episphúria | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῶν ἐπισφῠρῐ́ων tôn episphuríōn | ||||||||||||
Dative | τοῖς ἐπισφῠρῐ́οις toîs episphuríois | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τᾰ̀ ἐπισφῠ́ρῐᾰ tà episphúria | ||||||||||||
Vocative | ἐπισφῠ́ρῐᾰ episphúria | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἐπισφύρια”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐπισφύριον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἐπισφύρια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press