ἐπίσιον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἐπείσιον (epeísion), ἐπίσειον (epíseion)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pǐː.si.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpi.si.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.si.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.si.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpi.si.on/
Noun
ἐπί̄σῐον • (epí̄sion) n (genitive επῑσίου); second declension
- (anatomy) pubic region, pubic mound
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἐπῑ́σῐον tò epī́sion |
τὼ ἐπῑσῐ́ω tṑ epīsíō |
τᾰ̀ ἐπῑ́σῐᾰ tà epī́sia | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἐπῑσῐ́ου toû epīsíou |
τοῖν ἐπῑσῐ́οιν toîn epīsíoin |
τῶν ἐπῑσῐ́ων tôn epīsíōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἐπῑσῐ́ῳ tôi epīsíōi |
τοῖν ἐπῑσῐ́οιν toîn epīsíoin |
τοῖς ἐπῑσῐ́οις toîs epīsíois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἐπῑ́σῐον tò epī́sion |
τὼ ἐπῑσῐ́ω tṑ epīsíō |
τᾰ̀ ἐπῑ́σῐᾰ tà epī́sia | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐπῑ́σῐον epī́sion |
ἐπῑσῐ́ω epīsíō |
ἐπῑ́σῐᾰ epī́sia | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- English: episiotomy
Further reading
- “ἐπίσιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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