ἐπίκοινος

See also: ἐπίσκυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-, “on, upon; on top of; all over”) +‎ κοινός (koinós, “common; general, public”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by, near, with”) + *-yós (suffix forming adjectives from noun stems). Compare γένος ἐπίκοινον (génos epíkoinon, “common gender”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pí.koi̯.nos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ky.nos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.cy.nos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.cy.nos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.ci.nos/

Adjective

ἐπῐ́κοινος • (epíkoinos) m or f (neuter ἐπῐ́κοινος); second declension

common to many people, things, etc.
promiscuous, sluttish

Declension

Second declension of ἐπῐ́κοινος; ἐπῐ́κοινον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἐπῐ́κοινος epíkoinos	ἐπῐ́κοινον epíkoinon	ἐπῐκοίνω epikoínō	ἐπῐκοίνω epikoínō	ἐπῐ́κοινοι epíkoinoi	ἐπῐ́κοινᾰ epíkoina
Genitive	ἐπῐκοίνου epikoínou	ἐπῐκοίνου epikoínou	ἐπῐκοίνοιν epikoínoin	ἐπῐκοίνοιν epikoínoin	ἐπῐκοίνων epikoínōn	ἐπῐκοίνων epikoínōn
Dative	ἐπῐκοίνῳ epikoínōi	ἐπῐκοίνῳ epikoínōi	ἐπῐκοίνοιν epikoínoin	ἐπῐκοίνοιν epikoínoin	ἐπῐκοίνοις epikoínois	ἐπῐκοίνοις epikoínois
Accusative	ἐπῐ́κοινον epíkoinon	ἐπῐ́κοινον epíkoinon	ἐπῐκοίνω epikoínō	ἐπῐκοίνω epikoínō	ἐπῐκοίνους epikoínous	ἐπῐ́κοινᾰ epíkoina
Vocative	ἐπῐ́κοινε epíkoine	ἐπῐ́κοινον epíkoinon	ἐπῐκοίνω epikoínō	ἐπῐκοίνω epikoínō	ἐπῐ́κοινοι epíkoinoi	ἐπῐ́κοινᾰ epíkoina
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ἐπῐκοίνως epikoínōs		ἐπῐκοινότερος epikoinóteros		ἐπῐκοινότᾰτος epikoinótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Latin: ēpīcoenus
→ French: épicène
→ English: epicene (see there for further descendants)
Greek: επίκοινος (epíkoinos)

References

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

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