νῶροψ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Comparison with νωρεῖ (nōreî, “is active”) and Lithuanian norėti (“to want”) is perhpas possible, but gratuitous. The suffix -οπ- may point to a Pre-Greek word.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nɔ̂ː.rops/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈno.rops/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈno.rops/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈno.rops/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈno.rops/
Adjective
νῶροψ • (nôrops) m or f (neuter νώροπος); third declension
- flashing, shining, bright (epithet of copper)
Declension
Third declension of νῶροψ; νῶροψ (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | νῶροψ nôrops | νῶροψ nôrops | νώροπε nṓrope | νώροπε nṓrope | νώροπες nṓropes | νώροπᾰ nṓropa | ||||||||
Genitive | νώροπος nṓropos | νώροπος nṓropos | νωρόποιν nōrópoin | νωρόποιν nōrópoin | νωρόπων nōrópōn | νωρόπων nōrópōn | ||||||||
Dative | νώροπῐ nṓropi | νώροπῐ nṓropi | νωρόποιν nōrópoin | νωρόποιν nōrópoin | νώροψῐ / νώροψῐν nṓropsi(n) | νώροψῐ / νώροψῐν nṓropsi(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | νώροπᾰ nṓropa | νῶροψ nôrops | νώροπε nṓrope | νώροπε nṓrope | νώροπᾰς nṓropas | νώροπᾰ nṓropa | ||||||||
Vocative | νῶροψ nôrops | νῶροψ nôrops | νώροπε nṓrope | νώροπε nṓrope | νώροπες nṓropes | νώροπᾰ nṓropa | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
νωρόπως nōrópōs | — | — | ||||||||||||
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References
- νῶροψ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- νῶροψ in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- νῶροψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- νῶροψ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN