επιτάφιος
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Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπιτάφιος (epitáphios).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
επιτάφιος • (epitáfios) m (feminine επιτάφια, neuter επιτάφιο)
- over or upon a tomb
- (nominalized, capitalized, Eastern Orthodoxy) Epitaphios (embroidered cloth bearing an image of the dead body of Christ)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | επιτάφιος (epitáfios) | επιτάφια (epitáfia) | επιτάφιο (epitáfio) | επιτάφιοι (epitáfioi) | επιτάφιες (epitáfies) | επιτάφια (epitáfia) | |
| genitive | επιτάφιου (epitáfiou) | επιτάφιας (epitáfias) | επιτάφιου (epitáfiou) | επιτάφιων (epitáfion) | επιτάφιων (epitáfion) | επιτάφιων (epitáfion) | |
| accusative | επιτάφιο (epitáfio) | επιτάφια (epitáfia) | επιτάφιο (epitáfio) | επιτάφιους (epitáfious) | επιτάφιες (epitáfies) | επιτάφια (epitáfia) | |
| vocative | επιτάφιε (epitáfie) | επιτάφια (epitáfia) | επιτάφιο (epitáfio) | επιτάφιοι (epitáfioi) | επιτάφιες (epitáfies) | επιτάφια (epitáfia) | |
References
- ^ επιτάφιος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
Επιτάφιος (Χριστιανισμός) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
