ἐπίσιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐπείσιον (epeísion), ἐπίσειον (epíseion)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pǐː.si.on/ → /eˈpi.si.on/ → /eˈpi.si.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pǐː.si.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.si.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.si.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.si.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.si.on/

Noun

ἐπί̄σῐον • (epí̄sion) n (genitive επῑσίου); second declension

1. (anatomy) pubic region, pubic mound

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἐπῑ́σῐον; τοῦ ἐπῑσῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐπῑ́σῐον tò epī́sion	τὼ ἐπῑσῐ́ω tṑ epīsíō	τᾰ̀ ἐπῑ́σῐᾰ tà epī́sia
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπῑσῐ́ου toû epīsíou	τοῖν ἐπῑσῐ́οιν toîn epīsíoin	τῶν ἐπῑσῐ́ων tôn epīsíōn
Dative	τῷ ἐπῑσῐ́ῳ tôi epīsíōi	τοῖν ἐπῑσῐ́οιν toîn epīsíoin	τοῖς ἐπῑσῐ́οις toîs epīsíois
Accusative	τὸ ἐπῑ́σῐον tò epī́sion	τὼ ἐπῑσῐ́ω tṑ epīsíō	τᾰ̀ ἐπῑ́σῐᾰ tà epī́sia
Vocative	ἐπῑ́σῐον epī́sion	ἐπῑσῐ́ω epīsíō	ἐπῑ́σῐᾰ epī́sia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: episiotomy

Further reading

• “ἐπίσιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press