ἐπίλυτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπιλῡ́ω (epilū́ō, “set free”) +‎ -τος (-tos, “a suffix forming perfective passive verbal adjectives”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.ly.tos/ → /eˈpi.ly.tos/ → /eˈpi.li.tos/

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

Adjective

ἐπίλῠτος • (epílutos) m or f (neuter ἐπίλῠτον); second declension

1. manumitted
2. (Byzantine) freeing, liberating

Declension

Second declension of ἐπῐ́λῠτος; ἐπῐ́λῠτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπῐ́λῠτος epílutos	ἐπῐ́λῠτον epíluton		ἐπῐλῠ́τω epilútō	ἐπῐλῠ́τω epilútō		ἐπῐ́λῠτοι epílutoi	ἐπῐ́λῠτᾰ epíluta
Genitive		ἐπῐλῠ́του epilútou	ἐπῐλῠ́του epilútou		ἐπῐλῠ́τοιν epilútoin	ἐπῐλῠ́τοιν epilútoin		ἐπῐλῠ́των epilútōn	ἐπῐλῠ́των epilútōn
Dative		ἐπῐλῠ́τῳ epilútōi	ἐπῐλῠ́τῳ epilútōi		ἐπῐλῠ́τοιν epilútoin	ἐπῐλῠ́τοιν epilútoin		ἐπῐλῠ́τοις epilútois	ἐπῐλῠ́τοις epilútois
Accusative		ἐπῐ́λῠτον epíluton	ἐπῐ́λῠτον epíluton		ἐπῐλῠ́τω epilútō	ἐπῐλῠ́τω epilútō		ἐπῐλῠ́τους epilútous	ἐπῐ́λῠτᾰ epíluta
Vocative		ἐπῐ́λῠτε epílute	ἐπῐ́λῠτον epíluton		ἐπῐλῠ́τω epilútō	ἐπῐλῠ́τω epilútō		ἐπῐ́λῠτοι epílutoi	ἐπῐ́λῠτᾰ epíluta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐπῐλῠ́τως epilútōs			ἐπῐλῠτώτερος epilutṓteros			ἐπῐλῠτώτᾰτος epilutṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• ἐπίλυτος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• “ἐπίλυτος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἐπίλυτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press