ἐπιχείρημα
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom ἐπῐχειρέω (epikheiréō, “to endeavour, attempt to”) + -μα (-ma, result noun suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pi.kʰěː.rɛː.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.piˈkʰi.re̝.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.piˈçi.ri.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.piˈçi.ri.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.piˈçi.ri.ma/
Noun
editἐπῐχείρημᾰ • (epikheírēma) n (genitive ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτος); third declension
- undertaking, attempt, especially of a military enterprise
- base of operations against
- (in Aristotle) attempted, i.e. dialectical proof
- Antonym: φῐλοσόφημᾰ (philosóphēma)
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἐπῐχείρημᾰ tò epikheírēma |
τὼ ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτε tṑ epikheirḗmate |
τᾰ̀ ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτᾰ tà epikheirḗmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτος toû epikheirḗmatos |
τοῖν ἐπῐχειρημᾰ́τοιν toîn epikheirēmátoin |
τῶν ἐπῐχειρημᾰ́των tôn epikheirēmátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτῐ tôi epikheirḗmati |
τοῖν ἐπῐχειρημᾰ́τοιν toîn epikheirēmátoin |
τοῖς ἐπῐχειρήμᾰσῐ / ἐπῐχειρήμᾰσῐν toîs epikheirḗmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἐπῐχείρημᾰ tò epikheírēma |
τὼ ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτε tṑ epikheirḗmate |
τᾰ̀ ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτᾰ tà epikheirḗmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐπῐχείρημᾰ epikheírēma |
ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτε epikheirḗmate |
ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτᾰ epikheirḗmata | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- ἐπῐχειρημᾰτῐκός (epikheirēmatikós)
Further reading
edit- “ἐπιχείρημα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐπιχείρημα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰes-
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -μα
- Ancient Greek 5-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension