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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπιλῡ́ω (epilū́ō, “solve, explain”) + -της (-tēs, agent noun suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.pi.lý.tɛːs/ → /e.piˈly.tis/ → /e.piˈli.tis/
Noun
ἐπῐλύτης • (epilútēs) m (genitive ἐπῐλύτου); first declension
- (Byzantine) one who resolves or explains
Declension
Further reading
- “ἐπιλύτης”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- ἐπιλύτης in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften