ἴωψ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ϝίωψ (wíōps) – Boeotian
Etymology
According to Beekes, undoubtedly a local word for small useless fish, thus from Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /í.ɔːps/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈi.ops/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.ops/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.ops/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.ops/
Noun
ἴωψ • (íōps) m (genitive ἴωπος); third declension
- small kind of fish
Declension
Third declension of ὁ ἴωψ; τοῦ ἴωπος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἴωψ ho íōps | τὼ ἴωπε tṑ íōpe | οἱ ἴωπες hoi íōpes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἴωπος toû íōpos | τοῖν ἰώποιν toîn iṓpoin | τῶν ἰώπων tôn iṓpōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἴωπῐ tôi íōpi | ἰώποιν iṓpoin | τοῖς ἴωψῐ / ἴωψῐν toîs íōpsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἴωπᾰ tòn íōpa | ἴωπε íōpe | τοὺς ἴωπᾰς toùs íōpas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἴωψ íōps | ἴωπε íōpe | ἴωπες íōpes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- ἴωψ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἴωψ 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