COMPOUND: ἐπήρατος, -ον
CATEGORIZATION: A [P+A]
MEANING: ‘lovely, delightsome’
ETYMOLOGY: ἐπ- (ἐπί) ‘upon’ + verbal adj. ἐρατός, (-ή), -όν
OCCURRENCE: Il.  IX, 228; XVIII, 512; XXII, 121; Od. IV, 606; VIII, 366; XIII, 103, 347
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. n. sg., nom. n. pl., nom. m. sg., gen. f.(target gender). sg.
HEADEDNESS: endocentric (right-headed)
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya
NOTES: lengthening  -ε->-η- in compounding; accent shift