ἐπίσωτρον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐπίσσωτρον (epíssōtron), ὀπίσσωτρον (opíssōtron)

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-, upon) +‎ σῶτρον (sôtron, “wooden felloe”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.sɔː.tron/ → /eˈpi.so.tron/ → /eˈpi.so.tron/

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

Noun

ἐπῐ́σωτρον • (epísōtron) n (genitive ἐπῐσώτρου); second declension

1. metal hoop upon the felloe, tire of a wheel

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἐπῐ́σωτρον; τοῦ ἐπῐσώτρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐπῐ́σωτρον tò epísōtron	τὼ ἐπῐσώτρω tṑ episṓtrō	τᾰ̀ ἐπῐ́σωτρᾰ tà epísōtra
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπῐσώτρου toû episṓtrou	τοῖν ἐπῐσώτροιν toîn episṓtroin	τῶν ἐπῐσώτρων tôn episṓtrōn
Dative	τῷ ἐπῐσώτρῳ tôi episṓtrōi	τοῖν ἐπῐσώτροιν toîn episṓtroin	τοῖς ἐπῐσώτροις toîs episṓtrois
Accusative	τὸ ἐπῐ́σωτρον tò epísōtron	τὼ ἐπῐσώτρω tṑ episṓtrō	τᾰ̀ ἐπῐ́σωτρᾰ tà epísōtra
Vocative	ἐπῐ́σωτρον epísōtron	ἐπῐσώτρω episṓtrō	ἐπῐ́σωτρᾰ epísōtra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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