ἐπίλογος

See also: επίλογος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπῐ- (epi-, “on”) +‎ λόγος (lógos, “speech”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.lo.ɡos/ → /eˈpi.lo.ɣos/ → /eˈpi.lo.ɣos/

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

Noun

ἐπῐ́λογος • (epílogos) m (genitive ἐπῐλόγου); second declension

1. reasoning, inference
2. the epilogue or concluding portion of a play
3. the peroration of a speech
4. a subjoined or explanatory sentence

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἐπῐ́λογος; τοῦ ἐπῐλόγου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐπῐ́λογος ho epílogos	τὼ ἐπῐλόγω tṑ epilógō	οἱ ἐπῐ́λογοι hoi epílogoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπῐλόγου toû epilógou	τοῖν ἐπῐλόγοιν toîn epilógoin	τῶν ἐπῐλόγων tôn epilógōn
Dative	τῷ ἐπῐλόγῳ tôi epilógōi	τοῖν ἐπῐλόγοιν toîn epilógoin	τοῖς ἐπῐλόγοις toîs epilógois
Accusative	τὸν ἐπῐ́λογον tòn epílogon	τὼ ἐπῐλόγω tṑ epilógō	τοὺς ἐπῐλόγους toùs epilógous
Vocative	ἐπῐ́λογε epíloge	ἐπῐλόγω epilógō	ἐπῐ́λογοι epílogoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: epilogus

References

• “ἐπίλογος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπίλογος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • peroration idem, page 607.