Ἔφεσος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from ἐπήορος (“overseer”).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /épʰesos/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ɛ́pʰɛsos/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /éɸesos/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /éfesos/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /éfesos/

Proper noun

Ἔφεσος (genitive Ἐφέσου) f, second declension; (Ephesos)

1. Ephesus, an Ionian city on the west coast of Anatolia.

Inflection

    Inflection

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἔφεσος
Genitive	τῆς Ἐφέσου
Dative	τῇ Ἐφέσῳ
Accusative	τὴν Ἔφεσον
Vocative	Ἔφεσε

Derived terms

• Ἐφεσήϊα
• Ἐφεσηοκίκης
• Ἐφεσία
• Ἐφέσιος
• Ἐφεσίς

Descendants

• Armenian: Եփեսոս (Ep'esos)
• Greek: Έφεσος (Efesos)
• Latin: Ephesus
• Turkish: Efes

References

• Strong's Concordance number: G2181
• Woodhouse’s English-Greek Dictionary page 1009