ἐπέοικα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-) +‎ ἔοικα (éoika).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pé.oi̯.ka/ → /eˈpe.y.ka/ → /eˈpe.i.ka/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pé.oi̯.ka/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpe.y.ka/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpe.y.ka/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpe.y.ka/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpe.i.ka/

Verb

ἐπέοικᾰ • (epéoika) (chiefly Epic)

1. to be like, to suit [with dative]
2. (chiefly impersonal) to be fit, proper, seemly [with dative or accusative]

Conjugation

The perfect has present meaning; the pluperfect has imperfect meaning.

   Perfect: ἐπέοικᾰ (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐπέοικᾰ	ἐπέοικᾰς	ἐπέοικε(ν)	ἐπεοίκᾰτον	ἐπεοίκᾰτον	ἐπεοίκᾰμεν	ἐπεοίκᾰτε	ἐπεοίκᾱσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἐπεοίκω, ἐπεοίκωμῐ	ἐπεοίκῃς, ἐπεοίκῃσθᾰ	ἐπεοίκῃ, ἐπεοίκῃσῐ	ἐπεοίκητον	ἐπεοίκητον	ἐπεοίκωμεν	ἐπεοίκητε	ἐπεοίκωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐπεοίκοιμῐ, ἐπεοικοίην	ἐπεοίκοις, ἐπεοικοίης	ἐπεοίκοι, ἐπεοικοίη	ἐπεοίκοιτον	ἐπεοικοίτην	ἐπεοίκοιμεν	ἐπεοίκοιτε	ἐπεοίκοιεν
	imperative		ἐπέοικε	ἐπεοικέτω	ἐπεοίκετον	ἐπεοικέτων		ἐπεοίκετε	ἐπεοικόντων
		active
infinitive		ἐπεοικέναι
participle	m	ἐπεικώς
	f	ἐπεικυῖᾰ
	n	ἐπεικός
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.

   Pluperfect: ἐπεῴκειν (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐπεῴκειν, ἐπεῴκη	ἐπεῴκεις, ἐπεῴκης	ἐπεῴκει(ν)	ἐπεῴκετον	ἐπεῳκέτην	ἐπεῴκεμεν	ἐπεῴκετε	ἐπεῴκεσᾰν
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

• “ἐπέοικα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐπέοικα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐπέοικε in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἐπέοικα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press