εὐπαλής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐ- (eu-, “well”) +‎ πάλη (pálē, “wrestling, fight”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.pa.lɛ̌ːs/ → /eɸ.paˈlis/ → /ef.paˈlis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.pa.lɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ew.paˈle̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɸ.paˈlis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ef.paˈlis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ef.paˈlis/

Adjective

εὐπᾰλής • (eupalḗs) m or f (neuter εὐπᾰλές); third declension

1. easy to wrestle with, easy to accomplish

Declension

Third declension of εὐπᾰλής; εὐπᾰλές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		εὐπᾰλής eupalḗs	εὐπᾰλές eupalés		εὐπᾰλεῖ eupaleî	εὐπᾰλεῖ eupaleî		εὐπᾰλεῖς eupaleîs	εὐπᾰλῆ eupalê
Genitive		εὐπᾰλοῦς eupaloûs	εὐπᾰλοῦς eupaloûs		εὐπᾰλοῖν eupaloîn	εὐπᾰλοῖν eupaloîn		εὐπᾰλῶν eupalôn	εὐπᾰλῶν eupalôn
Dative		εὐπᾰλεῖ eupaleî	εὐπᾰλεῖ eupaleî		εὐπᾰλοῖν eupaloîn	εὐπᾰλοῖν eupaloîn		εὐπᾰλέσῐ / εὐπᾰλέσῐν eupalési(n)	εὐπᾰλέσῐ / εὐπᾰλέσῐν eupalési(n)
Accusative		εὐπᾰλῆ eupalê	εὐπᾰλές eupalés		εὐπᾰλεῖ eupaleî	εὐπᾰλεῖ eupaleî		εὐπᾰλεῖς eupaleîs	εὐπᾰλῆ eupalê
Vocative		εὐπᾰλές eupalés	εὐπᾰλές eupalés		εὐπᾰλεῖ eupaleî	εὐπᾰλεῖ eupaleî		εὐπᾰλεῖς eupaleîs	εὐπᾰλῆ eupalê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		εὐπᾰλῶς eupalôs			εὐπᾰλέστερος eupalésteros			εὐπᾰλέστᾰτος eupaléstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “εὐπαλής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• εὐπαλής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette