ἐπινέφελος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπι- (epi-, on, up) +‎ νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.né.pʰe.los/ → /e.piˈne.ɸe.los/ → /e.piˈne.fe.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.né.pʰe.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.piˈne.pʰe.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈne.ɸe.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈne.fe.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.piˈne.fe.los/

Adjective

ἐπῐνέφελος • (epinéphelos) m or f (neuter ἐπῐνέφελον); second declension

1. clouded, overcast
2. (of wind) bringing clouds

Inflection

Second declension of ἐπῐνέφελος; ἐπῐνέφελον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπῐνέφελος epinéphelos	ἐπῐνέφελον epinéphelon		ἐπῐνεφέλω epinephélō	ἐπῐνεφέλω epinephélō		ἐπῐνέφελοι epinépheloi	ἐπῐνέφελᾰ epinéphela
Genitive		ἐπῐνεφέλου epinephélou	ἐπῐνεφέλου epinephélou		ἐπῐνεφέλοιν epinephéloin	ἐπῐνεφέλοιν epinephéloin		ἐπῐνεφέλων epinephélōn	ἐπῐνεφέλων epinephélōn
Dative		ἐπῐνεφέλῳ epinephélōi	ἐπῐνεφέλῳ epinephélōi		ἐπῐνεφέλοιν epinephéloin	ἐπῐνεφέλοιν epinephéloin		ἐπῐνεφέλοις epinephélois	ἐπῐνεφέλοις epinephélois
Accusative		ἐπῐνέφελον epinéphelon	ἐπῐνέφελον epinéphelon		ἐπῐνεφέλω epinephélō	ἐπῐνεφέλω epinephélō		ἐπῐνεφέλους epinephélous	ἐπῐνέφελᾰ epinéphela
Vocative		ἐπῐνέφελε epinéphele	ἐπῐνέφελον epinéphelon		ἐπῐνεφέλω epinephélō	ἐπῐνεφέλω epinephélō		ἐπῐνέφελοι epinépheloi	ἐπῐνέφελᾰ epinéphela
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐπῐνεφέλως epinephélōs			ἐπῐνεφελώτερος epinephelṓteros			ἐπῐνεφελώτᾰτος epinephelṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐπινεφελίς (epinephelís)

Descendants

• → Translingual: Epinephelus

Further reading

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