ἐπιγλωσσίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐπῐγλωττῐ́ς (epĭglōttĭ́s) — Attic

Etymology

From ἐπῐ- (epĭ-, “upon, over”) +‎ γλωσσῐ́ς (glōssĭ́s, “glottis, mouth of the windpipe”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɡlɔːs.sís/ → /e.pi.ɣlosˈsis/ → /e.pi.ɣloˈsis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɡlɔːs.sís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɡlosˈsis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɣlosˈsis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɣlosˈsis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɣloˈsis/

Noun

ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς • (epĭglōssĭ́s) f (genitive ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δος); third declension

1. (anatomy) The valve which covers the larynx; epiglottis.
2. (anatomy) The valve of the vocal chords.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς; τῆς ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς hē epĭglōssĭ́s	τὼ ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δε tṑ epĭglōssĭ́de	αἱ ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δες hai epĭglōssĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δος tês epĭglōssĭ́dos	τοῖν ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δοιν toîn epĭglōssĭ́doin	τῶν ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δων tôn epĭglōssĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δῐ têi epĭglōssĭ́dĭ	τοῖν ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δοιν toîn epĭglōssĭ́doin	ταῖς ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́σῐ / ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́σῐν taîs epĭglōssĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δᾰ tḕn epĭglōssĭ́dă	τὼ ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δε tṑ epĭglōssĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δᾰς tā̀s epĭglōssĭ́dăs
Vocative	ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς epĭglōssĭ́s	ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δε epĭglōssĭ́de	ἐπῐγλωσσῐ́δες epĭglōssĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

References

• “ἐπιγλωσσίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press