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ἔπος

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔπος ἔπεος

Structure: ἐπο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)/pw

Sense

  1. word
  2. promise
  3. speech
  4. song
  5. subject

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἔπος έ̓πει έ̓πη
Genitive έ̓πους έ̓ποιν ἐπέων
Dative έ̓πει έ̓ποιν έ̓πεσιν*
Accusative ἔπος έ̓πει έ̓πη
Vocative έ̓πος έ̓πει έ̓πη

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • μάλιστα δ’ ^ ἔκ τε Ὁμήρου τοῦ ποιητέω καὶ τῶν Ἡσιόδου ἐπέων μάθοι ἄν τισ τὰ πάλαι τοῖσ ἀστρολογέουσιν ὁμοφωνέοντα. (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 22:1)
  • ἀχρεῖοσ δ’ ἔσται ἐπέων νομόσ. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 46:11)
  • ἐγὼ μελιγλώσσων ἐπέων ἱεὶσ ἀοιδὰν Μουσάων θεράπων ὀτρηρόσ, κατὰ τὸν Ὅμηρον. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, lyric4)
  • ὃσ δέ κ’ ἐμῶν ἐπέων ἔλθῃ πρώτιστα προφήτησ, τῷ δόμεν ἱμάτιον καθαρὸν καὶ καινὰ πέδιλα ‐ ἔνεστι καὶ τὰ πέδιλα; (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, iambics 1:4)
  • ἔγραφε δ’ ὡνὴρ εὖ παρ’ Ὁμηρείην ἀγλαίην ἐπέων πισσύγγουσ ἢ φῶρασ ἀναιδέασ ἤ τινα χλούνην, φλύοντ’ ἀνθηρῇ σὺν κακοδαιμονίῃ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 56 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. word

  2. promise

  3. speech

  4. song

  5. subject

Related

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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