ἐρείπιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐρείπω (ereípō, “I throw down”) + -ῐον (-ion).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.rěː.pi.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈri.pi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈri.pi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈri.pi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈri.pi.on/
Noun
ἐρείπῐον • (ereípion) n (genitive ἐρειπῐ́ου); second declension
- ruin, wreck
Usage notes
Nearly always in plural.
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ἐρείπῐον; τοῦ ἐρειπῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἐρείπῐον tò ereípion | τὼ ἐρειπῐ́ω tṑ ereipíō | τᾰ̀ ἐρείπῐᾰ tà ereípia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἐρειπῐ́ου toû ereipíou | τοῖν ἐρειπῐ́οιν toîn ereipíoin | τῶν ἐρειπῐ́ων tôn ereipíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἐρειπῐ́ῳ tôi ereipíōi | τοῖν ἐρειπῐ́οιν toîn ereipíoin | τοῖς ἐρειπῐ́οις toîs ereipíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἐρείπῐον tò ereípion | τὼ ἐρειπῐ́ω tṑ ereipíō | τᾰ̀ ἐρείπῐᾰ tà ereípia | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐρείπῐον ereípion | ἐρειπῐ́ω ereipíō | ἐρείπῐᾰ ereípia | ||||||||||
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References
- “ἐρείπιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐρείπιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἐρείπιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette