ἐπίχαρτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπιχαίρω (epikhaírō, “rejoice over someone”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + χαίρω (khaírō, “I rejoice”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

ἐπῐ́χᾰρτος • (epíkhartos) m or f (neuter ἐπῐ́χᾰρτον); second declension

feeling joy, being delighted, especially over one's enemies.
exultant, triumphant

Inflection

Second declension of ἐπῐ́χᾰρτος; ἐπῐ́χᾰρτον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἐπῐ́χᾰρτος epíkhartos	ἐπῐ́χᾰρτον epíkharton	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτω epikhártō	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτω epikhártō	ἐπῐ́χᾰρτοι epíkhartoi	ἐπῐ́χᾰρτᾰ epíkharta
Genitive	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτου epikhártou	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτου epikhártou	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτοιν epikhártoin	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτοιν epikhártoin	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτων epikhártōn	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτων epikhártōn
Dative	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτῳ epikhártōi	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτῳ epikhártōi	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτοιν epikhártoin	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτοιν epikhártoin	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτοις epikhártois	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτοις epikhártois
Accusative	ἐπῐ́χᾰρτον epíkharton	ἐπῐ́χᾰρτον epíkharton	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτω epikhártō	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτω epikhártō	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτους epikhártous	ἐπῐ́χᾰρτᾰ epíkharta
Vocative	ἐπῐ́χᾰρτε epíkharte	ἐπῐ́χᾰρτον epíkharton	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτω epikhártō	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτω epikhártō	ἐπῐ́χᾰρτοι epíkhartoi	ἐπῐ́χᾰρτᾰ epíkharta
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ἐπῐχᾰ́ρτως epikhártōs		ἐπῐχᾰρτότερος epikhartóteros		ἐπῐχᾰρτότᾰτος epikhartótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“ἐπίχαρτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἐπίχαρτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἐπίχαρτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- joy idem, page 464.
- rejoicing idem, page 689.