Ἰνωπός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Perhaps a combination of the same root as ἰνόω (inóō, “make strong; flow, pour”) and Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /iː.nɔː.pós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /i.noˈpos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.noˈpos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.noˈpos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.noˈpos/
Proper noun
Ἰ̄νωπός • (Īnōpós) m (genitive Ἰ̄νωποῦ); second declension
- a fountain and river in the island of Delos, where Leto brought forth Apollo and Artemis (It is said to have risen and fallen at the same time with the Nile, and hence was supposed to be connected with it by a subterranean channel.)
- a building at the source of the river
Declension
Second declension of ὁ Ἰ̄νωπός; τοῦ Ἰ̄νωποῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ἰ̄νωπός ho Īnōpós | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ἰ̄νωποῦ toû Īnōpoû | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ἰ̄νωπῷ tôi Īnōpôi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ἰ̄νωπόν tòn Īnōpón | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἰ̄νωπέ Īnōpé | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ἰ̄νωποφῠ́λᾰξ (Īnōpophúlax)
Descendants
- Latin: Īnōpus
References
- Ἰνωπός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ἰνωπός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette