ἐρίπνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐρείπω (ereípō, “to fall down”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.rí.pnɛː/ → /eˈri.pni/ → /eˈri.pni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.rí.pnɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈri.pne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈri.pni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈri.pni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈri.pni/

Noun

ἐρῐ́πνη • (erípnē) f (genitive ἐρῐ́πνης); first declension

1. (especially in the plural) broken cliff, crag

   Synonym: κρημνός (krēmnós)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐρῐ́πνη; τῆς ἐρῐ́πνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐρῐ́πνη hē erípnē	τὼ ἐρῐ́πνᾱ tṑ erípnā	αἱ ἐρῐ́πναι hai erípnai
Genitive	τῆς ἐρῐ́πνης tês erípnēs	τοῖν ἐρῐ́πναιν toîn erípnain	τῶν ἐρῐπνῶν tôn eripnôn
Dative	τῇ ἐρῐ́πνῃ têi erípnēi	τοῖν ἐρῐ́πναιν toîn erípnain	ταῖς ἐρῐ́πναις taîs erípnais
Accusative	τὴν ἐρῐ́πνην tḕn erípnēn	τὼ ἐρῐ́πνᾱ tṑ erípnā	τᾱ̀ς ἐρῐ́πνᾱς tā̀s erípnās
Vocative	ἐρῐ́πνη erípnē	ἐρῐ́πνᾱ erípnā	ἐρῐ́πναι erípnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐρίπνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐρίπνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐρίπνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette