ἐπίδεσμος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐπίδεσμα (epídesma), ἐπίδεσμον (epídesmon)

Etymology

From ἐπῐ- (epi-, “on”) +‎ δεσμός (desmós, “bond, fetter”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.dez.mos/ → /eˈpi.ðez.mos/ → /eˈpi.ðez.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pí.dez.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.dez.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ðez.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ðez.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ðez.mos/

Noun

ἐπῐ́δεσμος • (epídesmos) m (genitive ἐπῐδέσμου); second declension

1. upper or outer bandage

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἐπῐ́δεσμος; τοῦ ἐπῐδέσμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐπῐ́δεσμος ho epídesmos	τὼ ἐπῐδέσμω tṑ epidésmō	οἱ ἐπῐ́δεσμοι hoi epídesmoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπῐδέσμου toû epidésmou	τοῖν ἐπῐδέσμοιν toîn epidésmoin	τῶν ἐπῐδέσμων tôn epidésmōn
Dative	τῷ ἐπῐδέσμῳ tôi epidésmōi	τοῖν ἐπῐδέσμοιν toîn epidésmoin	τοῖς ἐπῐδέσμοις toîs epidésmois
Accusative	τὸν ἐπῐ́δεσμον tòn epídesmon	τὼ ἐπῐδέσμω tṑ epidésmō	τοὺς ἐπῐδέσμους toùs epidésmous
Vocative	ἐπῐ́δεσμε epídesme	ἐπῐδέσμω epidésmō	ἐπῐ́δεσμοι epídesmoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐπιδεσμέω (epidesméō)
• ἐπιδεσμίς (epidesmís)
• ἐπιδεσμοχαρής (epidesmokharḗs)

 

References

• “ἐπίδεσμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐπίδεσμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette