ἐπιχείρημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπῐχειρέω (epikheiréō, “to endeavour, attempt to”) +‎ -μα (-ma, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.kʰěː.rɛː.ma/ → /e.piˈçi.ri.ma/ → /e.piˈçi.ri.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.kʰěː.rɛː.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.piˈkʰi.re̝.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈçi.ri.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈçi.ri.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.piˈçi.ri.ma/

Noun

ἐπῐχείρημᾰ • (epikheírēma) n (genitive ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτος); third declension

1. undertaking, attempt, especially of a military enterprise
2. base of operations against
3. (in Aristotle) attempted, i.e. dialectical proof

   Antonym: φῐλοσόφημᾰ (philosóphēma)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ἐπῐχείρημᾰ; τοῦ ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐπῐχειρημᾰτῐκός (epikheirēmatikós)

Further reading

• “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