ἐπικουρία
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editἐπίκουρος (epíkouros) + -ίᾱ (-íā)
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pi.kuː.rí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.pi.kuˈri.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.pi.kuˈri.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.pi.kuˈri.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.pi.kuˈri.a/
Noun
editἐπῐκουρίᾱ • (epikouríā) f (genitive ἐπῐκουρίᾱς); first declension
- help, aid, succour
- New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 26:22 :
- ἐπικουρίας οὖν τυχὼν τῆς παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἄχρι τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης ἕστηκα μαρτυρόμενος μικρῷ τε καὶ μεγάλῳ, οὐδὲν ἐκτὸς λέγων ὧν τε οἱ προφῆται ἐλάλησαν μελλόντων γίνεσθαι καὶ Μωϋσῆς
- epikourías oûn tukhṑn tês parà toû Theoû ákhri tês hēméras taútēs héstēka marturómenos mikrôi te kaì megálōi, oudèn ektòs légōn hôn te hoi prophêtai elálēsan mellóntōn gínesthai kaì Mōüsês
- Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come
- ἐπικουρίας οὖν τυχὼν τῆς παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἄχρι τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης ἕστηκα μαρτυρόμενος μικρῷ τε καὶ μεγάλῳ, οὐδὲν ἐκτὸς λέγων ὧν τε οἱ προφῆται ἐλάλησαν μελλόντων γίνεσθαι καὶ Μωϋσῆς
- an auxiliary or mercenary force
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἐπῐκουρίᾱ hē epikouríā |
τὼ ἐπῐκουρίᾱ tṑ epikouríā |
αἱ ἐπῐκουρίαι hai epikouríai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἐπῐκουρίᾱς tês epikouríās |
τοῖν ἐπῐκουρίαιν toîn epikouríain |
τῶν ἐπῐκουριῶν tôn epikouriôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἐπῐκουρίᾳ têi epikouríāi |
τοῖν ἐπῐκουρίαιν toîn epikouríain |
ταῖς ἐπῐκουρίαις taîs epikouríais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἐπῐκουρίᾱν tḕn epikouríān |
τὼ ἐπῐκουρίᾱ tṑ epikouríā |
τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐκουρίᾱς tā̀s epikouríās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐπῐκουρίᾱ epikouríā |
ἐπῐκουρίᾱ epikouríā |
ἐπῐκουρίαι epikouríai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
edit- ἐπικουρία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “ἐπικουρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G1947 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- aid idem, page 20.
- assistance idem, page 46.
- auxiliary idem, page 54.
- defence idem, page 204.
- help idem, page 395.
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