ἐπιτήδειος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐπῐτήδεος (epitḗdeos) — Ionic

Etymology

From ἐπιτηδές (epitēdés, “for this purpose”) +‎ -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix).

ἐπιτηδές is from ἐπι- (epi-, “for”) + a noun τῆδος, τᾰδος (têdos, tados) of unclear further origin + the suffix -ές (-és), the adverbial neuter accusative singular of -ής (-ḗs). One theory for τῆδος (têdos) derives it from τήδε (tḗde, “this”), a variant of ἥδε (hḗde), feminine of ὅδε (hóde).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.tɛ̌ː.deː.os/ → /e.piˈti.ði.os/ → /e.piˈti.ði.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.tɛ̌ː.deː.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.piˈte̝.di.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈti.ði.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈti.ði.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.piˈti.ði.os/

Adjective

ἐπῐτήδειος • (epitḗdeios) m (feminine ἐπῐτηδείᾱ, neuter ἐπῐτήδειον); first/second declension (Attic, Koine)

1. fit, suitable

Inflection

First and second declension of ἐπῐτήδειος; ἐπῐτηδείᾱ; ἐπῐτήδειον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπῐτήδειος epitḗdeios	ἐπῐτηδείᾱ epitēdeíā	ἐπῐτήδειον epitḗdeion		ἐπῐτηδείω epitēdeíō	ἐπῐτηδείᾱ epitēdeíā	ἐπῐτηδείω epitēdeíō		ἐπῐτήδειοι epitḗdeioi	ἐπῐτήδειαι epitḗdeiai	ἐπῐτήδειᾰ epitḗdeia
Genitive		ἐπῐτηδείου epitēdeíou	ἐπῐτηδείᾱς epitēdeíās	ἐπῐτηδείου epitēdeíou		ἐπῐτηδείοιν epitēdeíoin	ἐπῐτηδείαιν epitēdeíain	ἐπῐτηδείοιν epitēdeíoin		ἐπῐτηδείων epitēdeíōn	ἐπῐτηδείων epitēdeíōn	ἐπῐτηδείων epitēdeíōn
Dative		ἐπῐτηδείῳ epitēdeíōi	ἐπῐτηδείᾳ epitēdeíāi	ἐπῐτηδείῳ epitēdeíōi		ἐπῐτηδείοιν epitēdeíoin	ἐπῐτηδείαιν epitēdeíain	ἐπῐτηδείοιν epitēdeíoin		ἐπῐτηδείοις epitēdeíois	ἐπῐτηδείαις epitēdeíais	ἐπῐτηδείοις epitēdeíois
Accusative		ἐπῐτήδειον epitḗdeion	ἐπῐτηδείᾱν epitēdeíān	ἐπῐτήδειον epitḗdeion		ἐπῐτηδείω epitēdeíō	ἐπῐτηδείᾱ epitēdeíā	ἐπῐτηδείω epitēdeíō		ἐπῐτηδείους epitēdeíous	ἐπῐτηδείᾱς epitēdeíās	ἐπῐτήδειᾰ epitḗdeia
Vocative		ἐπῐτήδειε epitḗdeie	ἐπῐτηδείᾱ epitēdeíā	ἐπῐτήδειον epitḗdeion		ἐπῐτηδείω epitēdeíō	ἐπῐτηδείᾱ epitēdeíā	ἐπῐτηδείω epitēdeíō		ἐπῐτήδειοι epitḗdeioi	ἐπῐτήδειαι epitḗdeiai	ἐπῐτήδειᾰ epitḗdeia
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐπῐτηδείως epitēdeíōs				ἐπῐτηδειότερος epitēdeióteros				ἐπῐτηδειότᾰτος epitēdeiótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

ἐπῐτήδειος • (epitḗdeios) m (genitive ἐπῐτηδείου); second declension (Attic)

1. close friend

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ἐπῐτήδειος; τοῦ ἐπῐτηδείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐπῐτήδειος ho epitḗdeios	τὼ ἐπῐτηδείω tṑ epitēdeíō	οἱ ἐπῐτήδειοι hoi epitḗdeioi
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπῐτηδείου toû epitēdeíou	τοῖν ἐπῐτηδείοιν toîn epitēdeíoin	τῶν ἐπῐτηδείων tôn epitēdeíōn
Dative	τῷ ἐπῐτηδείῳ tôi epitēdeíōi	τοῖν ἐπῐτηδείοιν toîn epitēdeíoin	τοῖς ἐπῐτηδείοις toîs epitēdeíois
Accusative	τὸν ἐπῐτήδειον tòn epitḗdeion	τὼ ἐπῐτηδείω tṑ epitēdeíō	τοὺς ἐπῐτηδείους toùs epitēdeíous
Vocative	ἐπῐτήδειε epitḗdeie	ἐπῐτηδείω epitēdeíō	ἐπῐτήδειοι epitḗdeioi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐπιτήδεια (epitḗdeia)

Further reading

• “ἐπιτήδειος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπιτήδειος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐπιτήδειος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G2006 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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