ἐπισφύριος

ἐπισφύριος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐπι- (epi-) +‎ σφυρόν (sphurón) +‎ -ιος (-ios)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pis.pʰý.ri.os/ → /e.pisˈɸy.ri.os/ → /e.pisˈfi.ri.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pis.pʰý.ri.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pisˈpʰy.ri.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pisˈɸy.ri.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pisˈfy.ri.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pisˈfi.ri.os/

Adjective

ἐπισφύρῐος • (episphúrios) m or f (neuter ἐπισφύρῐον); second declension

1. (Koine, Byzantine) on the ankles

Declension

Second declension of ἐπισφῠ́ρῐος; ἐπισφῠ́ρῐον (Koine)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπισφῠ́ρῐος episphúrios	ἐπισφῠ́ρῐον episphúrion		ἐπισφῠρῐ́ω episphuríō	ἐπισφῠρῐ́ω episphuríō		ἐπισφῠ́ρῐοι episphúrioi	ἐπισφῠ́ρῐᾰ episphúria
Genitive		ἐπισφῠρῐ́ου episphuríou	ἐπισφῠρῐ́ου episphuríou		ἐπισφῠρῐ́οιν episphuríoin	ἐπισφῠρῐ́οιν episphuríoin		ἐπισφῠρῐ́ων episphuríōn	ἐπισφῠρῐ́ων episphuríōn
Dative		ἐπισφῠρῐ́ῳ episphuríōi	ἐπισφῠρῐ́ῳ episphuríōi		ἐπισφῠρῐ́οιν episphuríoin	ἐπισφῠρῐ́οιν episphuríoin		ἐπισφῠρῐ́οις episphuríois	ἐπισφῠρῐ́οις episphuríois
Accusative		ἐπισφῠ́ρῐον episphúrion	ἐπισφῠ́ρῐον episphúrion		ἐπισφῠρῐ́ω episphuríō	ἐπισφῠρῐ́ω episphuríō		ἐπισφῠρῐ́ους episphuríous	ἐπισφῠ́ρῐᾰ episphúria
Vocative		ἐπισφῠ́ρῐε episphúrie	ἐπισφῠ́ρῐον episphúrion		ἐπισφῠρῐ́ω episphuríō	ἐπισφῠρῐ́ω episphuríō		ἐπισφῠ́ρῐοι episphúrioi	ἐπισφῠ́ρῐᾰ episphúria
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐπισφῠρῐ́ως episphuríōs			ἐπισφῠρῐώτερος episphuriṓteros			ἐπισφῠρῐώτᾰτος episphuriṓtatos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ἐπισφύρια (episphúria)

Further reading

• ἐπισφύριος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐπισφύριος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• “ἐπισφύριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press