ἐπιτήδευμα

See also: επιτήδευμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπιτηδεύω (epitēdeúō, “to pursue an activity, to practise a thing”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.tɛ̌ː.deu̯.ma/ → /e.piˈti.ðeβ.ma/ → /e.piˈti.ðev.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.tɛ̌ː.deu̯.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.piˈte̝.dew.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈti.ðeβ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈti.ðev.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.piˈti.ðev.ma/

Noun

ἐπῐτήδευμᾰ • (epitḗdeuma) n (genitive ἐπῐτηδεύμᾰτος); third declension

1. pursuit, business
2. vocation, calling

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἐπῐτήδευμᾰ; τοῦ ἐπῐτηδεύμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐπῐτήδευμᾰ tò epitḗdeuma	τὼ ἐπῐτηδεύμᾰτε tṑ epitēdeúmate	τᾰ̀ ἐπῐτηδεύμᾰτᾰ tà epitēdeúmata
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπῐτηδεύμᾰτος toû epitēdeúmatos	τοῖν ἐπῐτηδευμᾰ́τοιν toîn epitēdeumátoin	τῶν ἐπῐτηδευμᾰ́των tôn epitēdeumátōn
Dative	τῷ ἐπῐτηδεύμᾰτῐ tôi epitēdeúmati	τοῖν ἐπῐτηδευμᾰ́τοιν toîn epitēdeumátoin	τοῖς ἐπῐτηδεύμᾰσῐ / ἐπῐτηδεύμᾰσῐν toîs epitēdeúmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ἐπῐτήδευμᾰ tò epitḗdeuma	τὼ ἐπῐτηδεύμᾰτε tṑ epitēdeúmate	τᾰ̀ ἐπῐτηδεύμᾰτᾰ tà epitēdeúmata
Vocative	ἐπῐτήδευμᾰ epitḗdeuma	ἐπῐτηδεύμᾰτε epitēdeúmate	ἐπῐτηδεύμᾰτᾰ epitēdeúmata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: επιτήδευμα (epitídevma)

Further reading

• “ἐπιτήδευμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπιτήδευμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐπιτήδευμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐπιτήδευμα - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • avocation idem, page 55.
  • business idem, page 106.
  • calling idem, page 109.
  • career idem, page 113.
  • custom idem, page 191.
  • employment idem, page 269.
  • habit idem, page 380.
  • hobby idem, page 402.
  • institution idem, page 447.
  • occupation idem, page 568.
  • practice idem, page 631.
  • profession idem, page 653.
  • pursuit idem, page 659.
  • routine idem, page 723.
  • study idem, page 829.
  • trade idem, page 885.
  • vocation idem, page 955.
  • work idem, page 988.