ἔπηλυς

ἔπηλυς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the root of ἐπῆλθον (epêlthon), aorist of ἐπέρχομαι (epérkhomai).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.pɛː.lys/ → /ˈe.pi.lys/ → /ˈe.pi.lis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.pɛː.lys/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pe̝.lys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pi.lys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pi.lys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pi.lis/

Adjective

ἔπηλῠς • (épēlus) m or f (neuter ἔπηλῠ); third declension

1. coming to a place
2. foreign, immigrant

Declension

Third declension of ἔπηλῠς; ἔπηλῠ (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἔπηλῠς épēlus	ἔπηλῠ épēlu		ἐπήλῠδε epḗlude	ἐπήλῠδε epḗlude		ἐπήλῠδες epḗludes	ἐπήλῠδᾰ epḗluda
Genitive		ἐπήλῠδος epḗludos	ἐπήλῠδος epḗludos		ἐπηλῠ́δοιν epēlúdoin	ἐπηλῠ́δοιν epēlúdoin		ἐπηλῠ́δων epēlúdōn	ἐπηλῠ́δων epēlúdōn
Dative		ἐπήλῠδῐ epḗludi	ἐπήλῠδῐ epḗludi		ἐπηλῠ́δοιν epēlúdoin	ἐπηλῠ́δοιν epēlúdoin		ἐπήλῠσῐ / ἐπήλῠσῐν epḗlusi(n)	ἐπήλῠσῐ / ἐπήλῠσῐν epḗlusi(n)
Accusative		ἐπήλῠδᾰ / ἔπηλῠν epḗluda / épēlun	ἔπηλῠ épēlu		ἐπήλῠδε epḗlude	ἐπήλῠδε epḗlude		ἐπήλῠδᾰς epḗludas	ἐπήλῠδᾰ epḗluda
Vocative		ἔπηλῠς épēlus	ἔπηλῠ épēlu		ἐπήλῠδε epḗlude	ἐπήλῠδε epḗlude		ἐπήλῠδες epḗludes	ἐπήλῠδᾰ epḗluda
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐπηλῠ́δως epēlúdōs			—			—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• ἔπηλυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἔπηλυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • alien idem, page 22.
  • arrival idem, page 41.
  • foreigner idem, page 336.
  • immersion idem, page 418.
  • stranger idem, page 823.