ἐπιγονατίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπῐ- (epi-, upon) +‎ γόνυ (gónu, “knee”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɡo.na.tís/ → /e.pi.ɣo.naˈtis/ → /e.pi.ɣo.naˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɡo.na.tís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɡo.naˈtis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɣo.naˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɣo.naˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɣo.naˈtis/

Noun

ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́ς • (epigonatís) f (genitive ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δος); third declension

1. (anatomy) kneecap, rotula
2. garment reaching to the knee

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́ς; τῆς ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́ς hē epigonatís	τὼ ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δε tṑ epigonatíde	αἱ ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δες hai epigonatídes
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δος tês epigonatídos	τοῖν ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δοιν toîn epigonatídoin	τῶν ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δων tôn epigonatídōn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δῐ têi epigonatídi	τοῖν ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δοιν toîn epigonatídoin	ταῖς ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́σῐ / ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́σῐν taîs epigonatísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δᾰ tḕn epigonatída	τὼ ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δε tṑ epigonatíde	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δᾰς tā̀s epigonatídas
Vocative	ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́ς epigonatís	ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δε epigonatíde	ἐπῐγονᾰτῐ́δες epigonatídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: επιγονατίδα (epigonatída)

References

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