ἐπιχείρημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπῐχειρέω (epikheiréō, “to endeavour, attempt to”) +‎ -μα (-ma, result noun suffix).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἐπῐχείρημᾰ • (epikheírēma) n (genitive ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτος); third declension

  1. undertaking, attempt, especially of a military enterprise
  2. base of operations against
  3. (in Aristotle) attempted, i.e. dialectical proof
    Antonym: φῐλοσόφημᾰ (philosóphēma)

Inflection
Third declension of τὸ ἐπῐχείρημᾰ; τοῦ ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἐπῐχείρημᾰ
tò epikheírēma		 τὼ ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτε
tṑ epikheirḗmate		 τᾰ̀ ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτᾰ
tà epikheirḗmata
Genitive τοῦ ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτος
toû epikheirḗmatos		 τοῖν ἐπῐχειρημᾰ́τοιν
toîn epikheirēmátoin		 τῶν ἐπῐχειρημᾰ́των
tôn epikheirēmátōn
Dative τῷ ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτῐ
tôi epikheirḗmati		 τοῖν ἐπῐχειρημᾰ́τοιν
toîn epikheirēmátoin		 τοῖς ἐπῐχειρήμᾰσῐ / ἐπῐχειρήμᾰσῐν
toîs epikheirḗmasi(n)
Accusative τὸ ἐπῐχείρημᾰ
tò epikheírēma		 τὼ ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτε
tṑ epikheirḗmate		 τᾰ̀ ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτᾰ
tà epikheirḗmata
Vocative ἐπῐχείρημᾰ
epikheírēma		 ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτε
epikheirḗmate		 ἐπῐχειρήμᾰτᾰ
epikheirḗmata
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ἐπῐχειρημᾰτῐκός (epikheirēmatikós)

Further reading
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