ἔποψ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Formation like δρύοψ (drúops, “woodpecker”), on an onomatopoeic basis. Parallel names exist in other languages, like Latin upupa, Persian پوپو (pōpō), Armenian հոպոպ (hopop) and Latvian pupukis.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /é.pops/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe.pops/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.pops/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.pops/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.pops/
Noun
ἔποψ • (épops) m (genitive ἔποπος); third declension
- hoopoe (Upupa epops)
Declension
Third declension of ὁ ἔποψ; τοῦ ἔποπος (Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἔποψ ho épops | τὼ ἔποπε tṑ épope | οἱ ἔποπες hoi épopes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἔποπος toû épopos | τοῖν ἐπόποιν toîn epópoin | τῶν ἐπόπων tôn epópōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἔποπῐ tôi épopi | τοῖν ἐπόποιν toîn epópoin | τοῖς ἔποψῐ / ἔποψῐν toîs épopsi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἔποπᾰ tòn épopa | τὼ ἔποπε tṑ épope | τοὺς ἔποπᾰς toùs épopas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἔποψ épops | ἔποπε épope | ἔποπες épopes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἔποψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἔποψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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