Plural of epitome
regular plural
The plural of epitome is epitomes or epitomai.
Forms of epitome
| Singular | epitome /əˈpɪt.ə.mi/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | epitomes epitomai /ɛˈpɪtəmaɪ/ |
| Countable | countable |
Epitomes and epitomai in a sentence
- Contemporary philology has had a growing interest in the period and in the epitomai again, which has been proved by several colloquiums, monographs on the subject.1997, Kossuth Lajos Tudományegyetem Kiadói Bizottsága, Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis, volume 33, page 204. From the entry colloquium
Meaning of epitome
- noun The embodiment or encapsulation of a class of items.
- noun A representative example.
- noun The height; the best; the most vivid.
Questions about the plural of epitome
- What is the plural of epitome?
- The plural of epitome is epitomes or epitomai.
- Which is correct, epitomes or epitomai?
- Both are used. epitomes is the more common of the two in English writing.
- Is epitome countable?
- Epitome is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: epitome (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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