Ἐπίδαυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According 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
 

Proper noun

Ἐπίδαυρος • (Epídauros) f (genitive Ἐπῐδαύρου); second declension

  1. Epidaurus (an ancient town on the Argolid Peninsula, Greece, famous for its theatre).

Inflection
Second declension of ἡ Ἐπίδαυρος; τῆς Ἐπιδαύρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἐπίδαυρος
hē Epídauros
Genitive τῆς Ἐπιδαύρου
tês Epidaúrou
Dative τῇ Ἐπιδαύρῳ
têi Epidaúrōi
Accusative τὴν Ἐπίδαυρον
tḕn Epídauron
Vocative Ἐπίδαυρε
Epídaure
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Greek: Επίδαυρος (Epídavros)
  • → Latin: Epidaurus

Further reading
  • “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, 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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