ἐπίθυμον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-) +‎ θύμον (thúmon, “thyme”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.tʰy.mon/ → /eˈpi.θy.mon/ → /eˈpi.θi.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pí.tʰy.mon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.tʰy.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.θy.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.θy.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.θi.mon/

Noun

ἐπίθῠμον • (epíthumon) n (genitive ἐπιθῠ́μου); second declension

1. hellweed (Cuscuta epithymum)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἐπίθῠμον; τοῦ ἐπιθῠ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐπίθῠμον tò epíthumon	τὼ ἐπιθῠ́μω tṑ epithúmō	τᾰ̀ ἐπίθῠμᾰ tà epíthuma
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπιθῠ́μου toû epithúmou	τοῖν ἐπιθῠ́μοιν toîn epithúmoin	τῶν ἐπιθῠ́μων tôn epithúmōn
Dative	τῷ ἐπιθῠ́μῳ tôi epithúmōi	τοῖν ἐπιθῠ́μοιν toîn epithúmoin	τοῖς ἐπιθῠ́μοις toîs epithúmois
Accusative	τὸ ἐπίθῠμον tò epíthumon	τὼ ἐπιθῠ́μω tṑ epithúmō	τᾰ̀ ἐπίθῠμᾰ tà epíthuma
Vocative	ἐπίθῠμον epíthumon	ἐπιθῠ́μω epithúmō	ἐπίθῠμᾰ epíthuma
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Arabic: أَفْتِيمُون (ʔaftīmūn), أَفْثِيمُون (ʔafṯīmūn), أَفِيتِمُون (ʔafītimūn), أَفِيثِمُون (ʔafīṯimūn), أَفِيتِيمُون (ʔafītīmūn), أَفِيثِيمُون (ʔafīṯīmūn)
• → Arabic: صُعَيْتَرَة (ṣuʕaytara) (calque)
• → Coptic: ⲡⲁⲑⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ (pathamoun)

References

• “ἐπίθυμον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐπίθυμον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette