ἤπιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Van Beek, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂pyos (“friendly”). Cognate with Sanskrit आपि (āpí, “ally, friend, confederate”), आप्य (ā́pya, “kind, friendly”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛ̌ː.pi.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe̝.pi.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.pi.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.pi.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.pi.os/

Adjective

ἤπῐος • (ḗpios) m (feminine ἠπῐ́ᾱ, neuter ἤπῐον); first/second declension

gentle, kind (of persons, of words, of feelings)
mild, less intense (of temperature)
soothing, assuaging, appeasing

Declension

First and second declension of ἤπῐος; ἠπῐ́ᾱ; ἤπῐον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἤπῐος ḗpios	ἠπῐ́ᾱ ēpíā	ἤπῐον ḗpion	ἠπῐ́ω ēpíō	ἠπῐ́ᾱ ēpíā	ἠπῐ́ω ēpíō	ἤπῐοι ḗpioi	ἤπῐαι ḗpiai	ἤπῐᾰ ḗpia
Genitive	ἠπῐ́ου ēpíou	ἠπῐ́ᾱς ēpíās	ἠπῐ́ου ēpíou	ἠπῐ́οιν ēpíoin	ἠπῐ́αιν ēpíain	ἠπῐ́οιν ēpíoin	ἠπῐ́ων ēpíōn	ἠπῐ́ων ēpíōn	ἠπῐ́ων ēpíōn
Dative	ἠπῐ́ῳ ēpíōi	ἠπῐ́ᾳ ēpíāi	ἠπῐ́ῳ ēpíōi	ἠπῐ́οιν ēpíoin	ἠπῐ́αιν ēpíain	ἠπῐ́οιν ēpíoin	ἠπῐ́οις ēpíois	ἠπῐ́αις ēpíais	ἠπῐ́οις ēpíois
Accusative	ἤπῐον ḗpion	ἠπῐ́ᾱν ēpíān	ἤπῐον ḗpion	ἠπῐ́ω ēpíō	ἠπῐ́ᾱ ēpíā	ἠπῐ́ω ēpíō	ἠπῐ́ους ēpíous	ἠπῐ́ᾱς ēpíās	ἤπῐᾰ ḗpia
Vocative	ἤπῐε ḗpie	ἠπῐ́ᾱ ēpíā	ἤπῐον ḗpion	ἠπῐ́ω ēpíō	ἠπῐ́ᾱ ēpíā	ἠπῐ́ω ēpíō	ἤπῐοι ḗpioi	ἤπῐαι ḗpiai	ἤπῐᾰ ḗpia
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἠπῐ́ως ēpíōs			ἠπῐώτερος ēpiṓteros			ἠπῐώτᾰτος ēpiṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἠπιαίνω (ēpiaínō)
Ἠπιόνη (Ēpiónē)
ἠπιότης (ēpiótēs)
ἠπιόφρων (ēpióphrōn)
ἠπιόχειρ (ēpiókheir)

Descendants

Greek: ήπιος (ípios)