From ἐπι- (epi-, “on, upon”) + δίδυμος (dídumos, “twin; the testicles”).
ἐπῐδῐδῠμίς • (epĭdĭdŭmís) f (genitive ἐπῐδῐδῠμίδος); third declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́ς hē epĭdĭdŭmĭ́s |
τὼ ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́δε tṑ epĭdĭdŭmĭ́de |
αἱ ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́δες hai epĭdĭdŭmĭ́des | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́δος tês epĭdĭdŭmĭ́dos |
τοῖν ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́δοιν toîn epĭdĭdŭmĭ́doin |
τῶν ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́δων tôn epĭdĭdŭmĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́δῐ têi epĭdĭdŭmĭ́dĭ |
τοῖν ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́δοιν toîn epĭdĭdŭmĭ́doin |
ταῖς ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́σῐ / ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́σῐν taîs epĭdĭdŭmĭ́sĭ(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́δᾰ tḕn epĭdĭdŭmĭ́dă |
τὼ ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́δε tṑ epĭdĭdŭmĭ́de |
τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́δᾰς tā̀s epĭdĭdŭmĭ́dăs | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́ς epĭdĭdŭmĭ́s |
ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́δε epĭdĭdŭmĭ́de |
ἐπῐδῐδῠμῐ́δες epĭdĭdŭmĭ́des | ||||||||||
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“ἐπιδιδυμίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press