ὀπωπή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὄπωπα (ópōpa, “to watch, observe”) + -ή (-ḗ).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /o.pɔː.pɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /o.poˈpe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /o.poˈpi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /o.poˈpi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /o.poˈpi/
Noun
ὀπωπή • (opōpḗ) f (genitive ὀπωπῆς); first declension
- (poetic) sight, view
- outward appearance, aspect
- Synonym: ὄψις (ópsis)
- sight, power of seeing
- eyeball, eye-apple
Declension
First declension of ἡ ὀπωπή; τῆς ὀπωπῆς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ὀπωπή hē opōpḗ | τὼ ὀπωπᾱ́ tṑ opōpā́ | αἱ ὀπωπαί hai opōpaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ὀπωπῆς tês opōpês | τοῖν ὀπωπαῖν toîn opōpaîn | τῶν ὀπωπῶν tôn opōpôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ὀπωπῇ têi opōpêi | τοῖν ὀπωπαῖν toîn opōpaîn | ταῖς ὀπωπαῖς taîs opōpaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ὀπωπήν tḕn opōpḗn | τὼ ὀπωπᾱ́ tṑ opōpā́ | τᾱ̀ς ὀπωπᾱ́ς tā̀s opōpā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὀπωπή opōpḗ | ὀπωπᾱ́ opōpā́ | ὀπωπαί opōpaí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ὀπωπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὀπωπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ὀπωπή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette