ἐπίκλησις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Analyzable as ἐπι- (epi-) +‎ κλῆσις (klêsis) or as ἐπικαλέω (epikaléō) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pí.klɛː.sis/ → /eˈpi.kli.sis/ → /eˈpi.kli.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pí.klɛː.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.kle̝.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.kli.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.kli.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.kli.sis/

Noun

ἐπίκλησῐς • (epíklēsis) f (genitive ἐπικλήσεως); third declension

1. surname
2. invocation

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἐπίκλησῐς; τῆς ἐπικλήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπίκλησῐς hē epíklēsis	τὼ ἐπικλήσει tṑ epiklḗsei	αἱ ἐπικλήσεις hai epiklḗseis
Genitive	τῆς ἐπικλήσεως tês epiklḗseōs	τοῖν ἐπικλησέοιν toîn epiklēséoin	τῶν ἐπικλήσεων tôn epiklḗseōn
Dative	τῇ ἐπικλήσει têi epiklḗsei	τοῖν ἐπικλησέοιν toîn epiklēséoin	ταῖς ἐπικλήσεσῐ / ἐπικλήσεσῐν taîs epiklḗsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐπίκλησῐν tḕn epíklēsin	τὼ ἐπικλήσει tṑ epiklḗsei	τᾱ̀ς ἐπικλήσεις tā̀s epiklḗseis
Vocative	ἐπίκλησῐ epíklēsi	ἐπικλήσει epiklḗsei	ἐπικλήσεις epiklḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: επίκληση (epíklisi)
• → Latin: epiclēsis
  • → English: epiclesis

Further reading

• “ἐπίκλησις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐπίκλησις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐπίκλησις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἐπίκλησις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • designation idem, page 215.
  • surname idem, page 844.
  • title idem, page 878.