Ἐπίδαμνος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
May be related to or derived from Proto-Albanian *dami (“cub”), whence Albanian dem, as proposed by linguist Eqrem Çabej.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pí.dam.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpi.dam.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ðam.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ðam.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ðam.nos/
Proper noun
Ἐπίδαμνος • (Epídamnos) f (genitive Ἐπῐδάμνου); second declension
- Epidamnus, later called Dyrrhachium and Durrës, Albania
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Ἐπῐ́δᾰμνος hē Epídamnos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Ἐπῐδᾰ́μνου tês Epidámnou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Ἐπῐδᾰ́μνῳ têi Epidámnōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Ἐπῐ́δᾰμνον tḕn Epídamnon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἐπῐ́δᾰμνε Epídamne | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ἐπιδάμνιος (Epidámnios)
Descendants
References
Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009