εἰλίπους
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”) (compare ἐλύω (elúō, “to roll around”)) + πούς (poús, “foot”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eː.lí.poːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /iˈli.pus/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈli.pus/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈli.pus/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈli.pus/
Adjective
εἰλίπους • (eilípous) m or f (neuter εἰλίπουν); third declension
- having a rolling gait (said mostly of cattle)
Declension
Third declension of εἰλίπους; εἰλίπουν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | εἰλίπους eilípous | εἰλίπουν eilípoun | εἰλῐ́ποδε eilípode | εἰλῐ́ποδε eilípode | εἰλῐ́ποδες eilípodes | εἰλῐ́ποδᾰ eilípoda | ||||||||
Genitive | εἰλῐ́ποδος eilípodos | εἰλῐ́ποδος eilípodos | εἰλῐπόδοιν eilipódoin | εἰλῐπόδοιν eilipódoin | εἰλῐπόδων eilipódōn | εἰλῐπόδων eilipódōn | ||||||||
Dative | εἰλῐ́ποδῐ eilípodi | εἰλῐ́ποδῐ eilípodi | εἰλῐπόδοιν eilipódoin | εἰλῐπόδοιν eilipódoin | εἰλῐ́ποσῐ / εἰλῐ́ποσῐν eilíposi(n) | εἰλῐ́ποσῐ / εἰλῐ́ποσῐν eilíposi(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | εἰλῐ́ποδᾰ eilípoda | εἰλίπουν eilípoun | εἰλῐ́ποδε eilípode | εἰλῐ́ποδε eilípode | εἰλῐ́ποδᾰς eilípodas | εἰλῐ́ποδᾰ eilípoda | ||||||||
Vocative | εἰλίπους eilípous | εἰλίπουν eilípoun | εἰλῐ́ποδε eilípode | εἰλῐ́ποδε eilípode | εἰλῐ́ποδες eilípodes | εἰλῐ́ποδᾰ eilípoda | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
εἰλῐπόδως eilipódōs | — | — | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- εἰλίπους in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- εἰλίπους in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- εἰλίπους in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- εἰλίπους in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press