ἐπιεικής (epieikes): all forms
ἐπιεικής means “reasonable, fitting, decent”. Below is its full declension in Ancient Greek.
Positive
Positive, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | ἐπιεικής | ἐπιεικής | ἐπιεικές | |
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| Genitive | ἐπιεικοῦς | ἐπιεικοῦς | ἐπιεικοῦς | |
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| Dative | ἐπιεικεῖ | ἐπιεικεῖ | ἐπιεικεῖ | ἐπιεικέϊ |
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| Accusative | ἐπιεικῆ | ἐπιεικῆ | ἐπιεικές | |
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| Vocative | ἐπιεικές | ἐπιεικές | ἐπιεικές | |
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Positive, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | ἐπιεικεῖς | ἐπιεικεῖς | ἐπιεικῆ | |
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| Genitive | ἐπιεικῶν | ἐπιεικῶν | ἐπιεικῶν | |
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| Dative | ἐπιεικέσι(ν) | ἐπιεικέσι(ν) | ἐπιεικέσι(ν) | |
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| Accusative | ἐπιεικεῖς | ἐπιεικεῖς | ἐπιεικῆ | |
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| Vocative | ἐπιεικεῖς | ἐπιεικεῖς | ἐπιεικῆ | |
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Positive, forms | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Forms | | | | ἐπιεικῶς |
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Comparative
Comparative, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | ἐπιεικέστερος | ἐπιεικεστέρα | ἐπιεικέστερον | |
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| Genitive | ἐπιεικεστέρου | ἐπιεικεστέρας | ἐπιεικεστέρου | |
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| Dative | ἐπιεικεστέρῳ | ἐπιεικεστέρᾳ | ἐπιεικεστέρῳ | |
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| Accusative | ἐπιεικέστερον | ἐπιεικεστέραν | ἐπιεικέστερον | |
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| Vocative | ἐπιεικέστερε | ἐπιεικεστέρα | ἐπιεικέστερον | |
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Comparative, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | ἐπιεικέστεροι | ἐπιεικέστεραι | ἐπιεικέστερα | |
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| Genitive | ἐπιεικεστέρων | ἐπιεικεστέρων | ἐπιεικεστέρων | |
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| Dative | ἐπιεικεστέροις | ἐπιεικεστέραις · ἐπιεικεστέραφι · ἐπιεικεστέρᾳς | ἐπιεικεστέροις | |
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| Accusative | ἐπιεικεστέρους | ἐπιεικεστέρας | ἐπιεικέστερα | |
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| Vocative | ἐπιεικέστεροι | ἐπιεικέστεραι | ἐπιεικέστερα | |
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Comparative, forms | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Forms | | | | ἐπιεικέστερον · ἐπιεικεστέρως |
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Superlative
Superlative, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | ἐπιεικέστατος | ἐπιεικεστάτη | ἐπιεικέστατον | |
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| Genitive | ἐπιεικεστάτου | ἐπιεικεστάτης | ἐπιεικεστάτου | |
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| Dative | ἐπιεικεστάτῳ | ἐπιεικεστάτῃ | ἐπιεικεστάτῳ | |
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| Accusative | ἐπιεικέστατον | ἐπιεικεστάτην | ἐπιεικέστατον | |
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| Vocative | ἐπιεικέστατε | ἐπιεικεστάτη | ἐπιεικέστατον | |
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Superlative, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | ἐπιεικέστατοι | ἐπιεικέσταται | ἐπιεικέστατα | |
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| Genitive | ἐπιεικεστάτων | ἐπιεικεστάτων | ἐπιεικεστάτων | |
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| Dative | ἐπιεικεστάτοις | ἐπιεικεστάταις | ἐπιεικεστάτοις | |
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| Accusative | ἐπιεικεστάτους | ἐπιεικεστάτας | ἐπιεικέστατα | |
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| Vocative | ἐπιεικέστατοι | ἐπιεικέσταται | ἐπιεικέστατα | |
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Superlative, forms | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Forms | | | | ἐπιεικέστατα |
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Meaning and examples of ἐπιεικής
Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.