ἐπίβλημα
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From ἐπι- (epi-, “on”) + βλῆμα (blêma, “coverlet”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pí.blɛː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ble̝.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.βli.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.vli.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpi.vli.ma/
Noun edit
ἐπῐ́βλημᾰ • (epíblēma) n (genitive ἐπῐβλήμᾰτος); third declension
- that which is thrown over, covering
- coverlet, bedspread
- tapestry, hangings
- that which is put on, piece of embroidery, mantle, shawl
- patch to repair a garment
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἐπῐ́βλημᾰ tò epíblēma |
τὼ ἐπῐβλήμᾰτε tṑ epiblḗmate |
τᾰ̀ ἐπῐβλήμᾰτᾰ tà epiblḗmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἐπῐβλήμᾰτος toû epiblḗmatos |
τοῖν ἐπῐβλημᾰ́τοιν toîn epiblēmátoin |
τῶν ἐπῐβλημᾰ́των tôn epiblēmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἐπῐβλήμᾰτῐ tôi epiblḗmati |
τοῖν ἐπῐβλημᾰ́τοιν toîn epiblēmátoin |
τοῖς ἐπῐβλήμᾰσῐ / ἐπῐβλήμᾰσῐν toîs epiblḗmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἐπῐ́βλημᾰ tò epíblēma |
τὼ ἐπῐβλήμᾰτε tṑ epiblḗmate |
τᾰ̀ ἐπῐβλήμᾰτᾰ tà epiblḗmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐπῐ́βλημᾰ epíblēma |
ἐπῐβλήμᾰτε epiblḗmate |
ἐπῐβλήμᾰτᾰ epiblḗmata | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- ἐπιβληματικός (epiblēmatikós)
Further reading edit
- “ἐπίβλημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐπίβλημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἐπίβλημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette