Εὔμολπος

Εὔμολπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὖ (eû, “well”) +‎ μολπή (molpḗ, “song, dance”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ěu̯.mol.pos/ → /ˈeβ.mol.pos/ → /ˈev.mol.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ěu̯.mol.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈew.mol.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈeβ.mol.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈev.mol.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈev.mol.pos/

Proper noun

Εὔμολπος • (Eúmolpos) m (genitive Εὐμόλπου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Eumolpus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Εὔμολπος; τοῦ Εὐμόλπου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Εὔμολπος ho Eúmolpos
Genitive	τοῦ Εὐμόλπου toû Eumólpou
Dative	τῷ Εὐμόλπῳ tôi Eumólpōi
Accusative	τὸν Εὔμολπον tòn Eúmolpon
Vocative	Εὔμολπε Eúmolpe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Εὐμολπίδης (Eumolpídēs)

Descendants

• Greek: Εύμολπος (Évmolpos)
• → Latin: Eumolpus
• Translingual: Eumolpus

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010