ἐπιδερμίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-, “on, upon”) +‎ δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”) +‎ -ῐς (-is, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.der.mís/ → /e.pi.ðerˈmis/ → /e.pi.ðerˈmis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.der.mís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pi.derˈmis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ðerˈmis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ðerˈmis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ðerˈmis/

Noun

ἐπῐδερμίς • (epidermís) f (genitive ἐπῐδερμίδος); third declension

1. Outer skin, epidermis.
2. Web of waterbirds' feet.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐπῐδερμί̆ς; τῆς ἐπῐδερμῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐδερμί̆ς hē epidermís	τὼ ἐπῐδερμῐ́δε tṑ epidermíde	αἱ ἐπῐδερμῐ́δες hai epidermídes
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐδερμῐ́δος tês epidermídos	τοῖν ἐπῐδερμῐ́δοιν toîn epidermídoin	τῶν ἐπῐδερμῐ́δων tôn epidermídōn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐδερμῐ́δῐ têi epidermídi	τοῖν ἐπῐδερμῐ́δοιν toîn epidermídoin	ταῖς ἐπῐδερμῐ́σῐ / ἐπῐδερμῐ́σῐν taîs epidermísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐδερμῐ́δᾰ tḕn epidermída	τὼ ἐπῐδερμῐ́δε tṑ epidermíde	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐδερμῐ́δᾰς tā̀s epidermídas
Vocative	ἐπῐδερμί̆ς epidermís	ἐπῐδερμῐ́δε epidermíde	ἐπῐδερμῐ́δες epidermídes
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

• → English: epidermis

References

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