λέπαδνον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λέπαμνον (lépamnon)

Etymology

Possibly related to λεπίς (lepís), λέπω (lépō) from Proto-Indo-European *lep- (“to peel, flay”), or Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lé.pa.dnon/ → /ˈle.pa.ðnon/ → /ˈle.pa.ðnon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lé.pa.dnon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈle.pa.dnon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈle.pa.ðnon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈle.pa.ðnon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈle.pa.ðnon/

Noun

λέπαδνον • (lépadnon) n (genitive λεπάδνου); second declension

1. broad leather strap fastening the yoke to the neck, and joined to the girth
2. (figuratively) the necessity

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ λέπᾰδνον; τοῦ λεπᾰ́δνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ λέπᾰδνον tò lépadnon	τὼ λεπᾰ́δνω tṑ lepádnō	τᾰ̀ λέπᾰδνᾰ tà lépadna
Genitive	τοῦ λεπᾰ́δνου toû lepádnou	τοῖν λεπᾰ́δνοιν toîn lepádnoin	τῶν λεπᾰ́δνων tôn lepádnōn
Dative	τῷ λεπᾰ́δνῳ tôi lepádnōi	τοῖν λεπᾰ́δνοιν toîn lepádnoin	τοῖς λεπᾰ́δνοις toîs lepádnois
Accusative	τὸ λέπᾰδνον tò lépadnon	τὼ λεπᾰ́δνω tṑ lepádnō	τᾰ̀ λέπᾰδνᾰ tà lépadna
Vocative	λέπᾰδνον lépadnon	λεπᾰ́δνω lepádnō	λέπᾰδνᾰ lépadna
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• λεπαδνιστήρ (lepadnistḗr) the end of the lepadnon

Further reading

• “λέπαδνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λέπαδνον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “λέπαδνον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• λέπαδνον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• λέπαδνον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• λέπαδνον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Eustathii archiepiscopi Thessalonicensis Commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem by Marchinus van der Valk Page 537 →ISBN