ἐπιφάνεια
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπῐφᾰνής (epiphanḗs, “in view”) + -ῐᾰ (-ia), from ἐπιφαίνω (epiphaínō, “I come into view”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine, bring to light”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pi.pʰá.neː.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.piˈpʰa.ni.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.piˈɸa.ni.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.piˈfa.ni.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.piˈfa.ni.a/
Noun
ἐπῐφᾰ́νειᾰ • (epipháneia) f (genitive ἐπῐφᾰνείᾱς); first declension
- appearance, manifestation (especially of a divine or royal figure)
- surface, visible portion
- (geometry) surface
- 350 BCE – 250 BCE, Euclid, Elements 1:
- ἐπιφάνεια δέ ἐστιν, ὃ μῆκος καὶ πλάτος μόνον ἔχει. ἐπιφανείας δὲ πέρατα γραμμαί.
- epipháneia dé estin, hò mêkos kaì plátos mónon ékhei. epiphaneías dè pérata grammaí.
- And a surface is that which has only length and width. And the extremities of a surface are lines.
- ἐπιφάνεια δέ ἐστιν, ὃ μῆκος καὶ πλάτος μόνον ἔχει. ἐπιφανείας δὲ πέρατα γραμμαί.
- (geometry) surface
- appearance, pretense
- fame, distinction
- (in New Testament of the Bible) advent or manifestation of Christ
- epiphany
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἐπῐφᾰ́νειᾰ hē epipháneia |
τὼ ἐπῐφᾰνείᾱ tṑ epiphaneíā |
αἱ ἐπῐφᾰ́νειαι hai epipháneiai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἐπῐφᾰνείᾱς tês epiphaneíās |
τοῖν ἐπῐφᾰνείαιν toîn epiphaneíain |
τῶν ἐπῐφᾰνειῶν tôn epiphaneiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἐπῐφᾰνείᾳ têi epiphaneíāi |
τοῖν ἐπῐφᾰνείαιν toîn epiphaneíain |
ταῖς ἐπῐφᾰνείαις taîs epiphaneíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἐπῐφᾰ́νειᾰν tḕn epipháneian |
τὼ ἐπῐφᾰνείᾱ tṑ epiphaneíā |
τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐφᾰνείᾱς tā̀s epiphaneíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐπῐφᾰ́νειᾰ epipháneia |
ἐπῐφᾰνείᾱ epiphaneíā |
ἐπῐφᾰ́νειαι epipháneiai | ||||||||||
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References
- “ἐπιφάνεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐπιφάνεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἐπιφάνεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G2015 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
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