ἐπιτήδεια | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

Suitable or fit for a purpose; serviceable, useful. Also “competent” or “skilled” (often of a person), and by extension “intimate” or “a close associate.”

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Grammatical Analysis

"ἐπιτήδεια"

Case: nominative / accusative

Number: plural

Gender: neuter

Degree: positive

Declension: 1st/2nd declension adjective (three-termination type: ἐπιτήδειος, -α, -ον)

Note: The form ἐπιτήδεια can function substantively (‘suitable things/necessaries’) depending on context; morphologically it is the neuter plural nom./acc. of ἐπιτήδειος.

Related Forms of ἐπιτήδειος

7 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

ἐπιτηδειότατον nominative/accusative, singular, neuter epitedeios nominative (or vocative, or accusative in neuter p... ἐπιτήδειός nominative, singular, masculine Επιτήδεια nominative/accusative, plural, neuter Epitedeion accusative, singular, neuter ἐπιτήδειος nominative, singular, masculine ἐπιτηδεῖοις dative, plural, masculine/neuter

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