ὀπή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the radical *ὀπ- (from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-), the same root of ὄμμα (ómma, “eye”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /o.pɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /oˈpe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /oˈpi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /oˈpi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /oˈpi/
Noun
ὀπή • (opḗ) f (genitive ὀπῆς); first declension
- opening, hole, hollow
- Synonym: τρύπημα (trúpēma)
- (anatomy) orifice in the body
- hole in the roof, serving as a chimney
- (architecture) hole in the frieze left to receive the beam-ends
- sight
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ὀπή; τῆς ὀπῆς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ὀπή hē opḗ | τὼ ὀπᾱ́ tṑ opā́ | αἱ ὀπαί hai opaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ὀπῆς tês opês | τοῖν ὀπαῖν toîn opaîn | τῶν ὀπῶν tôn opôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ὀπῇ têi opêi | τοῖν ὀπαῖν toîn opaîn | ταῖς ὀπαῖς taîs opaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ὀπήν tḕn opḗn | τὼ ὀπᾱ́ tṑ opā́ | τᾱ̀ς ὀπᾱ́ς tā̀s opā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὀπή opḗ | ὀπᾱ́ opā́ | ὀπαί opaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- διόπη (diópē)
- δίοπος (díopos)
- ἐνόπαι (enópai)
- μετόπη (metópē)
- ὀπαῖον (opaîon)
- ὀπαῖος (opaîos)
- ὀπήεις (opḗeis)
- πολυωπός (poluōpós)
- στενωπός (stenōpós)
Descendants
- Greek: οπή (opí)
Further reading
- “ὀπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὀπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ὀπή 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