ἐπιτήδευμα
See also: επιτήδευμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπιτηδεύω (epitēdeúō, “to pursue an activity, to practise a thing”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pi.tɛ̌ː.deu̯.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.piˈte̝.dew.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.piˈti.ðeβ.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.piˈti.ðev.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.piˈti.ðev.ma/
Noun
ἐπῐτήδευμᾰ • (epitḗdeuma) n (genitive ἐπῐτηδεύμᾰτος); third declension
- pursuit, business
- vocation, calling
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ ἐπῐτήδευμᾰ; τοῦ ἐπῐτηδεύμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἐπῐτήδευμᾰ tò epitḗdeuma | τὼ ἐπῐτηδεύμᾰτε tṑ epitēdeúmate | τᾰ̀ ἐπῐτηδεύμᾰτᾰ tà epitēdeúmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἐπῐτηδεύμᾰτος toû epitēdeúmatos | τοῖν ἐπῐτηδευμᾰ́τοιν toîn epitēdeumátoin | τῶν ἐπῐτηδευμᾰ́των tôn epitēdeumátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἐπῐτηδεύμᾰτῐ tôi epitēdeúmati | τοῖν ἐπῐτηδευμᾰ́τοιν toîn epitēdeumátoin | τοῖς ἐπῐτηδεύμᾰσῐ / ἐπῐτηδεύμᾰσῐν toîs epitēdeúmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἐπῐτήδευμᾰ tò epitḗdeuma | τὼ ἐπῐτηδεύμᾰτε tṑ epitēdeúmate | τᾰ̀ ἐπῐτηδεύμᾰτᾰ tà epitēdeúmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐπῐτήδευμᾰ epitḗdeuma | ἐπῐτηδεύμᾰτε epitēdeúmate | ἐπῐτηδεύμᾰτᾰ epitēdeúmata | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: επιτήδευμα (epitídevma)
Further reading
- “ἐπιτήδευμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐπιτήδευμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἐπιτήδευμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- avocation idem, page 55.
- business idem, page 106.
- calling idem, page 109.
- career idem, page 113.
- custom idem, page 191.
- employment idem, page 269.
- habit idem, page 380.
- hobby idem, page 402.
- institution idem, page 447.
- occupation idem, page 568.
- practice idem, page 631.
- profession idem, page 653.
- pursuit idem, page 659.
- routine idem, page 723.
- study idem, page 829.
- trade idem, page 885.
- vocation idem, page 955.
- work idem, page 988.