ἐπύλλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔπος (épos, “word; saying proverb”) +‎ -ύλλιον (-úllion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pýl.li.on/ → /eˈpyl.li.on/ → /eˈpi.li.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pýl.li.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpyl.li.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpyl.li.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpyl.li.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.li.on/

Noun

ἐπῠ́λλῐον • (epúllion) n (genitive ἐπῠλλῐ́ου); second declension

1. versicle, scrap of poetry
2. epyllion, a short epic poem

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἐπῠ́λλῐον; τοῦ ἐπῠλλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐπῠ́λλῐον tò epúllion	τὼ ἐπῠλλῐ́ω tṑ epullíō	τᾰ̀ ἐπῠ́λλῐᾰ tà epúllia
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπῠλλῐ́ου toû epullíou	τοῖν ἐπῠλλῐ́οιν toîn epullíoin	τῶν ἐπῠλλῐ́ων tôn epullíōn
Dative	τῷ ἐπῠλλῐ́ῳ tôi epullíōi	τοῖν ἐπῠλλῐ́οιν toîn epullíoin	τοῖς ἐπῠλλῐ́οις toîs epullíois
Accusative	τὸ ἐπῠ́λλῐον tò epúllion	τὼ ἐπῠλλῐ́ω tṑ epullíō	τᾰ̀ ἐπῠ́λλῐᾰ tà epúllia
Vocative	ἐπῠ́λλῐον epúllion	ἐπῠλλῐ́ω epullíō	ἐπῠ́λλῐᾰ epúllia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: epyllion

Further reading

• “ἐπύλλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐπύλλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette