ἐπουσία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From έπών, ἐποῦσᾰ, ἐπόν (épṓn, epoûsa, epón, “remaining”), the present participle of ἔπειμῐ (épeimi) (“remain, be left over”), + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pûː.sí.aː/ → /eˈpuˈsi.a/ → /eˈpuˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pûː.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpuˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpuˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpuˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpuˈsi.a/

Noun

ἐπουσῐ́ᾱ • (epousíā) f (genitive ἐπουσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. surplus

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐπουσῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἐπουσῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπουσῐ́ᾱ hē epousíā	τὼ ἐπουσῐ́ᾱ tṑ epousíā	αἱ ἐπουσῐ́αι hai epousíai
Genitive	τῆς ἐπουσῐ́ᾱς tês epousíās	τοῖν ἐπουσῐ́αιν toîn epousíain	τῶν ἐπουσῐῶν tôn epousiôn
Dative	τῇ ἐπουσῐ́ᾳ têi epousíāi	τοῖν ἐπουσῐ́αιν toîn epousíain	ταῖς ἐπουσῐ́αις taîs epousíais
Accusative	τὴν ἐπουσῐ́ᾱν tḕn epousíān	τὼ ἐπουσῐ́ᾱ tṑ epousíā	τᾱ̀ς ἐπουσῐ́ᾱς tā̀s epousíās
Vocative	ἐπουσῐ́ᾱ epousíā	ἐπουσῐ́ᾱ epousíā	ἐπουσῐ́αι epousíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἐπουσία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπουσία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἐπουσία”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “ἐπουσία”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐπουσία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette