ἐπιδήμιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-) +‎ δῆμος (dêmos) +‎ -ιος (-ios)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.dɛ̌ː.mi.os/ → /e.piˈði.mi.os/ → /e.piˈði.mi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.dɛ̌ː.mi.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.piˈde̝.mi.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈði.mi.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈði.mi.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.piˈði.mi.os/

Adjective

ἐπῐδήμῐος • (epidḗmios) m or f (neuter ἐπῐδήμῐον); second declension

1. among the people
2. at home
3. resident

Declension

Second declension of ἐπῐδήμῐος; ἐπῐδήμῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπῐδήμῐος epidḗmios	ἐπῐδήμῐον epidḗmion		ἐπῐδημῐ́ω epidēmíō	ἐπῐδημῐ́ω epidēmíō		ἐπῐδήμῐοι epidḗmioi	ἐπῐδήμῐᾰ epidḗmia
Genitive		ἐπῐδημῐ́ου epidēmíou	ἐπῐδημῐ́ου epidēmíou		ἐπῐδημῐ́οιν epidēmíoin	ἐπῐδημῐ́οιν epidēmíoin		ἐπῐδημῐ́ων epidēmíōn	ἐπῐδημῐ́ων epidēmíōn
Dative		ἐπῐδημῐ́ῳ epidēmíōi	ἐπῐδημῐ́ῳ epidēmíōi		ἐπῐδημῐ́οιν epidēmíoin	ἐπῐδημῐ́οιν epidēmíoin		ἐπῐδημῐ́οις epidēmíois	ἐπῐδημῐ́οις epidēmíois
Accusative		ἐπῐδήμῐον epidḗmion	ἐπῐδήμῐον epidḗmion		ἐπῐδημῐ́ω epidēmíō	ἐπῐδημῐ́ω epidēmíō		ἐπῐδημῐ́ους epidēmíous	ἐπῐδήμῐᾰ epidḗmia
Vocative		ἐπῐδήμῐε epidḗmie	ἐπῐδήμῐον epidḗmion		ἐπῐδημῐ́ω epidēmíō	ἐπῐδημῐ́ω epidēmíō		ἐπῐδήμῐοι epidḗmioi	ἐπῐδήμῐᾰ epidḗmia
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐπῐδημῐ́ως epidēmíōs			ἐπῐδημῐώτερος epidēmiṓteros			ἐπῐδημῐώτᾰτος epidēmiṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πόλεμος ἐπιδήμιος (pólemos epidḗmios, “civil war”)

Descendants

• →⇒ Latin: epidēmia (see there for further descendants)
• →⇒ Russian: эпиде́мия (epidémija)
  • → Kazakh: эпидемия (épidemiä)

Further reading

• “ἐπιδήμιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐπιδήμιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐπιδήμιος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἐπιδήμιος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἐπιδήμιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press