Ἐπίδαυρος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editAccording to Strabo, the city was originally named Ἐπίταυρος (Epítauros) under the Ionians, before taking the name Ἐπίκαρος (Epíkaros) under the Carians, before finally becoming Ἐπίδαυρος under the Dorians. Compare the individual elements ἐπί (epí, “upon”), ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”), Καρία (Karía, “Carian”), and Δωριεύς (Dōrieús), Δωριεῖς (Dōrieîs, “Dorians”). Also compare the mythological hero of the same name.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pí.dau̯.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpi.daw.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ða.βros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ða.vros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ða.vros/
Proper noun
editἘπίδαυρος • (Epídauros) f (genitive Ἐπῐδαύρου); second declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Ἐπίδαυρος hē Epídauros | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Ἐπιδαύρου tês Epidaúrou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Ἐπιδαύρῳ têi Epidaúrōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Ἐπίδαυρον tḕn Epídauron | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἐπίδαυρε Epídaure | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- Ἐπιδαύριος (Epidaúrios)
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “Ἐπίδαυρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- “Ἐπίδαυρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009
- Smith, William (1904): A Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography
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