αἰπεινός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Particularly: “Compare αἰπός (aipós), αἰπύς (aipús).”

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.peː.nós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛ.piˈnos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛ.piˈnos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈnos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.piˈnos/

Adjective

αἰπεινός • (aipeinós) m (feminine αἰπεινή, neuter αἰπεινόν); first/second declension

high, steep
rocky, rugged
(of cities) set on a steep slope, on the top of a hill: high, lofty

Inflection

First and second declension of αἰπεινός; αἰπεινή; αἰπεινόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	αἰπεινός aipeinós	αἰπεινή aipeinḗ	αἰπεινόν aipeinón	αἰπεινώ aipeinṓ	αἰπεινᾱ́ aipeinā́	αἰπεινώ aipeinṓ	αἰπεινοί aipeinoí	αἰπειναί aipeinaí	αἰπεινᾰ́ aipeiná
Genitive	αἰπεινοῦ aipeinoû	αἰπεινῆς aipeinês	αἰπεινοῦ aipeinoû	αἰπεινοῖν aipeinoîn	αἰπειναῖν aipeinaîn	αἰπεινοῖν aipeinoîn	αἰπεινῶν aipeinôn	αἰπεινῶν aipeinôn	αἰπεινῶν aipeinôn
Dative	αἰπεινῷ aipeinôi	αἰπεινῇ aipeinêi	αἰπεινῷ aipeinôi	αἰπεινοῖν aipeinoîn	αἰπειναῖν aipeinaîn	αἰπεινοῖν aipeinoîn	αἰπεινοῖς aipeinoîs	αἰπειναῖς aipeinaîs	αἰπεινοῖς aipeinoîs
Accusative	αἰπεινόν aipeinón	αἰπεινήν aipeinḗn	αἰπεινόν aipeinón	αἰπεινώ aipeinṓ	αἰπεινᾱ́ aipeinā́	αἰπεινώ aipeinṓ	αἰπεινούς aipeinoús	αἰπεινᾱ́ς aipeinā́s	αἰπεινᾰ́ aipeiná
Vocative	αἰπεινέ aipeiné	αἰπεινή aipeinḗ	αἰπεινόν aipeinón	αἰπεινώ aipeinṓ	αἰπεινᾱ́ aipeinā́	αἰπεινώ aipeinṓ	αἰπεινοί aipeinoí	αἰπειναί aipeinaí	αἰπεινᾰ́ aipeiná
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	αἰπεινῶς aipeinôs			αἰπεινότερος aipeinóteros			αἰπεινότᾰτος aipeinótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

(steep): αἰπύς (aipús)
(on a slope): αἰπύς (aipús), αἰπός (aipós)

References

“αἰπεινός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“αἰπεινός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“αἰπεινός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
αἰπεινός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“αἰπεινός”, 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.
- beetling idem, page 69.
- frowning idem, page 347.
- high idem, page 399.
- precipitous idem, page 634.
- sheer idem, page 764.
- steep idem, page 815.