ἐπίκλιντρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπικλίνω (epiklínō, “to recline upon”) +‎ -τρον (-tron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.klin.tron/ → /eˈpi.klin.tron/ → /eˈpi.klin.dron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pí.klin.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.klin.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.klin.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.klin.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.klin.dron/

Noun

ἐπῐ́κλῐντρον • (epíklintron) n (genitive ἐπῐκλῐ́ντρου); second declension

1. couch, armchair

   Synonym: ἡμῐκῠ́κλῐον (hēmikúklion)

2. straight-backed chair
3. back of a couch or chair

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἐπῐ́κλῐντρον; τοῦ ἐπῐκλῐ́ντρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐπῐ́κλῐντρον tò epíklintron	τὼ ἐπῐκλῐ́ντρω tṑ epiklíntrō	τᾰ̀ ἐπῐ́κλῐντρᾰ tà epíklintra
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπῐκλῐ́ντρου toû epiklíntrou	τοῖν ἐπῐκλῐ́ντροιν toîn epiklíntroin	τῶν ἐπῐκλῐ́ντρων tôn epiklíntrōn
Dative	τῷ ἐπῐκλῐ́ντρῳ tôi epiklíntrōi	τοῖν ἐπῐκλῐ́ντροιν toîn epiklíntroin	τοῖς ἐπῐκλῐ́ντροις toîs epiklíntrois
Accusative	τὸ ἐπῐ́κλῐντρον tò epíklintron	τὼ ἐπῐκλῐ́ντρω tṑ epiklíntrō	τᾰ̀ ἐπῐ́κλῐντρᾰ tà epíklintra
Vocative	ἐπῐ́κλῐντρον epíklintron	ἐπῐκλῐ́ντρω epiklíntrō	ἐπῐ́κλῐντρᾰ epíklintra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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