διιπετής
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Δῐῑπετής (Diīpetḗs)
Etymology
διῑ (diī, “Zeus”) + -πετής (-petḗs, “one who falls”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.iː.pe.tɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /di.i.peˈte̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.i.peˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.i.peˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.i.peˈtis/
Adjective
δῐῑπετής • (diīpetḗs) m or f (neuter δῐῑπετές); third declension
- fallen from Zeus, from heaven
Declension
Third declension of δῐῑπετής; δῐῑπετές (contracted, Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | δῐῑπετής diīpetḗs | δῐῑπετές diīpetés | δῐῑπετεῖ diīpeteî | δῐῑπετεῖ diīpeteî | δῐῑπετεῖς diīpeteîs | δῐῑπετῆ diīpetê | ||||||||
Genitive | δῐῑπετοῦς diīpetoûs | δῐῑπετοῦς diīpetoûs | δῐῑπετοῖν diīpetoîn | δῐῑπετοῖν diīpetoîn | δῐῑπετῶν diīpetôn | δῐῑπετῶν diīpetôn | ||||||||
Dative | δῐῑπετεῖ diīpeteî | δῐῑπετεῖ diīpeteî | δῐῑπετοῖν diīpetoîn | δῐῑπετοῖν diīpetoîn | δῐῑπετέσῐ / δῐῑπετέσῐν diīpetési(n) | δῐῑπετέσῐ / δῐῑπετέσῐν diīpetési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | δῐῑπετῆ diīpetê | δῐῑπετές diīpetés | δῐῑπετεῖ diīpeteî | δῐῑπετεῖ diīpeteî | δῐῑπετεῖς diīpeteîs | δῐῑπετῆ diīpetê | ||||||||
Vocative | δῐῑπετές diīpetés | δῐῑπετές diīpetés | δῐῑπετεῖ diīpeteî | δῐῑπετεῖ diīpeteî | δῐῑπετεῖς diīpeteîs | δῐῑπετῆ diīpetê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
δῐῑπετῶς diīpetôs | δῐῑπετέστερος diīpetésteros | δῐῑπετέστᾰτος diīpetéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Third declension of δῐῑπετής; δῐῑπετές (uncontracted, Epic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | δῐῑπετής diīpetḗs | δῐῑπετές diīpetés | δῐῑπετεῖ / δῐῑπετέε diīpeteî / diīpetée | δῐῑπετεῖ / δῐῑπετέε diīpeteî / diīpetée | δῐῑπετεῖς / δῐῑπετέες diīpeteîs / diīpetées | δῐῑπετέᾰ diīpetéa | ||||||||
Genitive | δῐῑπετέος / δῐῑπετεῦς diīpetéos / diīpeteûs | δῐῑπετέος / δῐῑπετεῦς diīpetéos / diīpeteûs | δῐῑπετοῖν diīpetoîn | δῐῑπετοῖν diīpetoîn | δῐῑπετέων diīpetéōn | δῐῑπετέων diīpetéōn | ||||||||
Dative | δῐῑπετεῖ / δῐῑπετέῐ̈ diīpeteî / diīpetéï | δῐῑπετεῖ / δῐῑπετέῐ̈ diīpeteî / diīpetéï | δῐῑπετοῖν diīpetoîn | δῐῑπετοῖν diīpetoîn | δῐῑπετέσῐ / δῐῑπετέσῐν diīpetési(n) | δῐῑπετέσῐ / δῐῑπετέσῐν diīpetési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | δῐῑπετέᾰ diīpetéa | δῐῑπετές diīpetés | δῐῑπετεῖ / δῐῑπετέε diīpeteî / diīpetée | δῐῑπετεῖ / δῐῑπετέε diīpeteî / diīpetée | δῐῑπετέᾰς diīpetéas | δῐῑπετέᾰ diīpetéa | ||||||||
Vocative | δῐῑπετές diīpetés | δῐῑπετές diīpetés | δῐῑπετεῖ / δῐῑπετέε diīpeteî / diīpetée | δῐῑπετεῖ / δῐῑπετέε diīpeteî / diīpetée | δῐῑπετεῖς / δῐῑπετέες diīpeteîs / diīpetées | δῐῑπετέᾰ diīpetéa | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
δῐῑπετέως diīpetéōs | δῐῑπετέστερος diīpetésteros | δῐῑπετέστᾰτος diīpetéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Related terms
- διοπετής (diopetḗs)
Further reading
- “διιπετής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- διιπετής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- διιπετής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- διιπετής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “διιπετής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press