ἔμπειρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐν (en, “in”) + πεῖρα (peîra, “a trial, experiment, attempt”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ém.peː.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈem.pi.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈem.pi.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈem.pi.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈem.bi.ros/
Adjective
ἔμπειρος • (émpeiros) m or f (neuter ἔμπειρον); second declension
- experienced or practiced in a thing, acquainted with it
- Antonym: ἄπειρος (ápeiros)
Inflection
Second declension of ἔμπειρος; ἔμπειρον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἔμπειρος émpeiros | ἔμπειρον émpeiron | ἐμπείρω empeírō | ἐμπείρω empeírō | ἔμπειροι émpeiroi | ἔμπειρᾰ émpeira | ||||||||
Genitive | ἐμπείρου empeírou | ἐμπείρου empeírou | ἐμπείροιν empeíroin | ἐμπείροιν empeíroin | ἐμπείρων empeírōn | ἐμπείρων empeírōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἐμπείρῳ empeírōi | ἐμπείρῳ empeírōi | ἐμπείροιν empeíroin | ἐμπείροιν empeíroin | ἐμπείροις empeírois | ἐμπείροις empeírois | ||||||||
Accusative | ἔμπειρον émpeiron | ἔμπειρον émpeiron | ἐμπείρω empeírō | ἐμπείρω empeírō | ἐμπείρους empeírous | ἔμπειρᾰ émpeira | ||||||||
Vocative | ἔμπειρε émpeire | ἔμπειρον émpeiron | ἐμπείρω empeírō | ἐμπείρω empeírō | ἔμπειροι émpeiroi | ἔμπειρᾰ émpeira | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἐμπείρως empeírōs | ἐμπειρότερος empeiróteros | ἐμπειρότᾰτος empeirótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἐμπειρία (empeiría)
Descendants
- Greek: έμπειρος (émpeiros)
Further reading
- “ἔμπειρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἔμπειρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἔμπειρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἔμπειρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- acquainted with idem, page 8.
- adept idem, page 11.
- adroit idem, page 13.
- authority idem, page 53.
- conversant idem, page 173.
- exerienced idem, page 291.
- expert idem, page 294.
- familiar idem, page 305.
- home idem, page 403.
- judge idem, page 465.
- knowing idem, page 471.
- learned idem, page 483.
- master idem, page 517.
- mistress idem, page 536.
- practised idem, page 631.
- proficient idem, page 653.
- seasoned idem, page 746.
- skilled idem, page 780.
- trained idem, page 886.
- tried idem, page 895.
- understanding idem, page 913.
- up idem, page 937.
- used to idem, page 940.
- versed in idem, page 948.
- veteran idem, page 949.