ἦνοψ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Formation in -οψ but further unclear; originally *ϝῆν-οψ (*wên-ops). Compare αἶθοψ (aîthops) and νῶροψ (nôrops) which are also epithets of copper, but remain without clear interpretation.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɛ̂ː.nops/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe̝.nops/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.nops/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.nops/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.nops/
Adjective
ἦνοψ • (ênops) m or f (neuter ἦνοπος); third declension
- gleaming, shining, glittering (epithet of copper and heaven)
Declension
Third declension of ἦνοψ; ἦνοψ (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἦνοψ ênops | ἦνοψ ênops | ἤνοπε ḗnope | ἤνοπε ḗnope | ἤνοπες ḗnopes | ἤνοπᾰ ḗnopa | ||||||||
Genitive | ἤνοπος ḗnopos | ἤνοπος ḗnopos | ἠνόποιν ēnópoin | ἠνόποιν ēnópoin | ἠνόπων ēnópōn | ἠνόπων ēnópōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἤνοπῐ ḗnopi | ἤνοπῐ ḗnopi | ἠνόποιν ēnópoin | ἠνόποιν ēnópoin | ἤνοψῐ / ἤνοψῐν ḗnopsi(n) | ἤνοψῐ / ἤνοψῐν ḗnopsi(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | ἤνοπᾰ ḗnopa | ἦνοψ ênops | ἤνοπε ḗnope | ἤνοπε ḗnope | ἤνοπᾰς ḗnopas | ἤνοπᾰ ḗnopa | ||||||||
Vocative | ἦνοψ ênops | ἦνοψ ênops | ἤνοπε ḗnope | ἤνοπε ḗnope | ἤνοπες ḗnopes | ἤνοπᾰ ḗnopa | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἠνόπως ēnópōs | — | — | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἦνοψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἦνοψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἦνοψ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἦνοψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἦνοψ 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