ἐπιζάφελος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπῐ- (epi-, on, upon) +‎ ζάφελος (záphelos, “violent”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.piz.dá.pʰe.los/ → /e.piˈza.ɸe.los/ → /e.piˈza.fe.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.piz.dá.pʰe.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.piˈza.pʰe.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈza.ɸe.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈza.fe.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.piˈza.fe.los/

Adjective

ἐπῐζᾰ́φελος • (epizáphelos) m or f (neuter ἐπῐζᾰ́φελον); second declension

1. vehement, violent, furious

   Synonyms: σφεδᾰνός (sphedanós), σφοδρός (sphodrós)

Declension

Second declension of ἐπῐζᾰ́φελος; ἐπῐζᾰ́φελον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπῐζᾰ́φελος epizáphelos	ἐπῐζᾰ́φελον epizáphelon		ἐπῐζᾰφέλω epizaphélō	ἐπῐζᾰφέλω epizaphélō		ἐπῐζᾰ́φελοι epizápheloi	ἐπῐζᾰ́φελᾰ epizáphela
Genitive		ἐπῐζᾰφέλου epizaphélou	ἐπῐζᾰφέλου epizaphélou		ἐπῐζᾰφέλοιν epizaphéloin	ἐπῐζᾰφέλοιν epizaphéloin		ἐπῐζᾰφέλων epizaphélōn	ἐπῐζᾰφέλων epizaphélōn
Dative		ἐπῐζᾰφέλῳ epizaphélōi	ἐπῐζᾰφέλῳ epizaphélōi		ἐπῐζᾰφέλοιν epizaphéloin	ἐπῐζᾰφέλοιν epizaphéloin		ἐπῐζᾰφέλοις epizaphélois	ἐπῐζᾰφέλοις epizaphélois
Accusative		ἐπῐζᾰ́φελον epizáphelon	ἐπῐζᾰ́φελον epizáphelon		ἐπῐζᾰφέλω epizaphélō	ἐπῐζᾰφέλω epizaphélō		ἐπῐζᾰφέλους epizaphélous	ἐπῐζᾰ́φελᾰ epizáphela
Vocative		ἐπῐζᾰ́φελε epizáphele	ἐπῐζᾰ́φελον epizáphelon		ἐπῐζᾰφέλω epizaphélō	ἐπῐζᾰφέλω epizaphélō		ἐπῐζᾰ́φελοι epizápheloi	ἐπῐζᾰ́φελᾰ epizáphela
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐπῐζᾰφέλως epizaphélōs			ἐπῐζᾰφελώτερος epizaphelṓteros			ἐπῐζᾰφελώτᾰτος epizaphelṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐπιζάφελος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπιζάφελος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἐπιζάφελος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐπιζάφελος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐπιζάφελος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963