ἐπικός

See also: επικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from ἔπος (épos, “story”, “song”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”, adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.piˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.piˈkos/

Adjective

ἐπῐκός • (epĭkós) m (feminine ἐπῐκή, neuter ἐπῐκόν); first/second declension

epic

Inflection

First and second declension of ἐπῐκός; ἐπῐκή; ἐπῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἐπῐκός epĭkós	ἐπῐκή epĭkḗ	ἐπῐκόν epĭkón	ἐπῐκώ epĭkṓ	ἐπῐκᾱ́ epĭkā́	ἐπῐκώ epĭkṓ	ἐπῐκοί epĭkoí	ἐπῐκαί epĭkaí	ἐπῐκᾰ́ epĭkắ
Genitive	ἐπῐκοῦ epĭkoû	ἐπῐκῆς epĭkês	ἐπῐκοῦ epĭkoû	ἐπῐκοῖν epĭkoîn	ἐπῐκαῖν epĭkaîn	ἐπῐκοῖν epĭkoîn	ἐπῐκῶν epĭkôn	ἐπῐκῶν epĭkôn	ἐπῐκῶν epĭkôn
Dative	ἐπῐκῷ epĭkōî	ἐπῐκῇ epĭkēî	ἐπῐκῷ epĭkōî	ἐπῐκοῖν epĭkoîn	ἐπῐκαῖν epĭkaîn	ἐπῐκοῖν epĭkoîn	ἐπῐκοῖς epĭkoîs	ἐπῐκαῖς epĭkaîs	ἐπῐκοῖς epĭkoîs
Accusative	ἐπῐκόν epĭkón	ἐπῐκήν epĭkḗn	ἐπῐκόν epĭkón	ἐπῐκώ epĭkṓ	ἐπῐκᾱ́ epĭkā́	ἐπῐκώ epĭkṓ	ἐπῐκούς epĭkoús	ἐπῐκᾱ́ς epĭkā́s	ἐπῐκᾰ́ epĭkắ
Vocative	ἐπῐκέ epĭké	ἐπῐκή epĭkḗ	ἐπῐκόν epĭkón	ἐπῐκώ epĭkṓ	ἐπῐκᾱ́ epĭkā́	ἐπῐκώ epĭkṓ	ἐπῐκοί epĭkoí	ἐπῐκαί epĭkaí	ἐπῐκᾰ́ epĭkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἐπῐκῶς epĭkôs			ἐπῐκώτερος epĭkṓteros			ἐπῐκώτᾰτος epĭkṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Danish: episk
Latin: epicus (see there for further descendants)
Norwegian: episk
Russian: эпи́ческий (epíčeskij)