ἐπίτροπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπιτρέπω (epitrépō, “entrust”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐπίτροπος • (epítropos) m (genitive ἐπιτρόπου); second declension

  1. a person in charge of something, steward, administrator
  2. governor, viceroy
  3. trustee, guardian

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ἐπῐ́τροπος; τοῦ ἐπῐτρόπου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἐπῐ́τροπος
ho epĭ́tropos 		τὼ ἐπῐτρόπω
tṑ epĭtrópō 		οἱ ἐπῐ́τροποι
hoi epĭ́tropoi
Genitive τοῦ ἐπῐτρόπου
toû epĭtrópou 		τοῖν ἐπῐτρόποιν
toîn epĭtrópoin 		τῶν ἐπῐτρόπων
tôn epĭtrópōn
Dative τῷ ἐπῐτρόπῳ
tōî epĭtrópōi 		τοῖν ἐπῐτρόποιν
toîn epĭtrópoin 		τοῖς ἐπῐτρόποις
toîs epĭtrópois
Accusative τὸν ἐπῐ́τροπον
tòn epĭ́tropon 		τὼ ἐπῐτρόπω
tṑ epĭtrópō 		τοὺς ἐπῐτρόπους
toùs epĭtrópous
Vocative ἐπῐ́τροπε
epĭ́trope 		ἐπῐτρόπω
epĭtrópō 		ἐπῐ́τροποι
epĭ́tropoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἐπιτροπαῖος (epitropaîos)
  • ἐπιτροπείᾱ (epitropeíā)
  • ἐπιτροπεύω (epitropeúō)
  • ἐπιτροπικός (epitropikós)

Further reading

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