Ἐπίδαμνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

May be related to or derived from Proto-Albanian *dami (“cub”), whence Albanian dem, as proposed by linguist Eqrem Çabej.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.dam.nos/ → /eˈpi.ðam.nos/ → /eˈpi.ðam.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pí.dam.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.dam.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ðam.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ðam.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ðam.nos/

Proper noun

Ἐπίδαμνος • (Epídamnos) f (genitive Ἐπῐδάμνου); second declension

1. Epidamnus, later called Dyrrhachium and Durrës, Albania

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Ἐπῐ́δᾰμνος; τῆς Ἐπῐδᾰ́μνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἐπῐ́δᾰμνος hē Epídamnos
Genitive	τῆς Ἐπῐδᾰ́μνου tês Epidámnou
Dative	τῇ Ἐπῐδᾰ́μνῳ têi Epidámnōi
Accusative	τὴν Ἐπῐ́δᾰμνον tḕn Epídamnon
Vocative	Ἐπῐ́δᾰμνε Epídamne
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἐπιδάμνιος (Epidámnios)

Descendants

• Greek: Επίδαμνος (Epídamnos)
• → Latin: Epidamnus

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009