ἐποχή

See also: εποχή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπέχω (epékhō, “to stop, hold back”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.po.kʰɛ̌ː/ → /e.poˈçi/ → /e.poˈçi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.po.kʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.poˈkʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.poˈçi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.poˈçi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.poˈçi/

Noun

ἐποχή • (epokhḗ) f (genitive ἐποχῆς); first declension

1. check, cessation
   1. retention
2. (philosophy) suspension of judgement
   1. suspense of payment
3. stoppage, pause
   1. the epoch of a star
   2. period of vibration (in musical theory)

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἐποχή; τῆς ἐποχῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐποχή hē epokhḗ	τὼ ἐποχᾱ́ tṑ epokhā́	αἱ ἐποχαί hai epokhaí
Genitive	τῆς ἐποχῆς tês epokhês	τοῖν ἐποχαῖν toîn epokhaîn	τῶν ἐποχῶν tôn epokhôn
Dative	τῇ ἐποχῇ têi epokhêi	τοῖν ἐποχαῖν toîn epokhaîn	ταῖς ἐποχαῖς taîs epokhaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἐποχήν tḕn epokhḗn	τὼ ἐποχᾱ́ tṑ epokhā́	τᾱ̀ς ἐποχᾱ́ς tā̀s epokhā́s
Vocative	ἐποχή epokhḗ	ἐποχᾱ́ epokhā́	ἐποχαί epokhaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → French: époque
• → Latin: epocha
• Greek: εποχή (epochí)

Further reading

• “ἐποχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐποχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐποχή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐποχή in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften