κατέπεφνον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

κατα- (kata-) +‎ ἔπεφνον (épephnon)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.té.pe.pʰnon/ → /kaˈte.pe.ɸnon/ → /kaˈte.pe.fnon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.té.pe.pʰnon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈte.pe.pʰnon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈte.pe.ɸnon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈte.pe.fnon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈte.pe.fnon/

Verb

κᾰτέπεφνον • (katépephnon)

1. (Epic) to slay, kill

Conjugation

   Aorist: κᾰτέπεφνον (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	κᾰτέπεφνον	κᾰτέπεφνες	κᾰτέπεφνε(ν)	κᾰτεπέφνετον	κᾰτεπεφνέτην	κᾰτεπέφνομεν	κᾰτεπέφνετε	κᾰτέπεφνον
	subjunctive	κᾰτᾰπέφνω, κᾰτᾰπέφνωμῐ	κᾰτᾰπέφνῃς, κᾰτᾰπέφνῃσθᾰ	κᾰτᾰπέφνῃ, κᾰτᾰπέφνῃσῐ	κᾰτᾰπέφνητον	κᾰτᾰπέφνητον	κᾰτᾰπέφνωμεν	κᾰτᾰπέφνητε	κᾰτᾰπέφνωσῐ(ν)
	optative	κᾰτᾰπέφνοιμῐ	κᾰτᾰπέφνοις/κᾰτᾰπέφνοισθᾰ	κᾰτᾰπέφνοι	κᾰτᾰπεφνεῖτον	κᾰτᾰπεφνείτην	κᾰτᾰπεφνεῖμεν	κᾰτᾰπεφνεῖτε	κᾰτᾰπεφνεῖεν
	imperative		κᾰτᾰ́πεφνε	κᾰτᾰπεφνέτω	κᾰτᾰπέφνετον	κᾰτᾰπεφνέτων		κᾰτᾰπέφνετε	κᾰτᾰπεφνόντων
		active
infinitive		κᾰτᾰπεφνεῖν/κᾰτᾰπεφνέμεν(αι)
participle	m	κᾰτᾰπεφνών
	f	κᾰτᾰπεφνοῦσᾰ
	n	κᾰτᾰπεφνόν
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Further reading

• “κατέπεφνον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κατέπεφνον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κατέπεφνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press