ἐγκώμιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Substantivized neuter of ἐγκώμιος (enkṓmios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eŋ.kɔ̌ː.mi.on/ → /eŋˈɡo.mi.on/ → /eŋˈɡo.mi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eŋ.kɔ̌ː.mi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eŋˈko.mi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eŋˈɡo.mi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eŋˈɡo.mi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eŋˈɡo.mi.on/

Noun

ἐγκώμῐον • (enkṓmion) n (genitive ἐγκωμῐ́ου); second declension

1. a laudatory ode, a praise, a eulogy

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἐγκώμῐον; τοῦ ἐγκωμῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐγκώμῐον tò enkṓmion	τὼ ἐγκωμῐ́ω tṑ enkōmíō	τᾰ̀ ἐγκώμῐᾰ tà enkṓmia
Genitive	τοῦ ἐγκωμῐ́ου toû enkōmíou	τοῖν ἐγκωμῐ́οιν toîn enkōmíoin	τῶν ἐγκωμῐ́ων tôn enkōmíōn
Dative	τῷ ἐγκωμῐ́ῳ tôi enkōmíōi	τοῖν ἐγκωμῐ́οιν toîn enkōmíoin	τοῖς ἐγκωμῐ́οις toîs enkōmíois
Accusative	τὸ ἐγκώμῐον tò enkṓmion	τὼ ἐγκωμῐ́ω tṑ enkōmíō	τᾰ̀ ἐγκώμῐᾰ tà enkṓmia
Vocative	ἐγκώμῐον enkṓmion	ἐγκωμῐ́ω enkōmíō	ἐγκώμῐᾰ enkṓmia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: εγκώμιο (egkómio)
• → Latin: encōmium (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “ἐγκώμιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐγκώμιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐγκώμιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • celebratlon idem, page 120.
  • commemoration idem, page 147.
  • commendation idem, page 147.
  • eulogy idem, page 284.
  • laudation idem, page 478.
  • panegyric idem, page 591.
  • praise idem, page 631.