αὐλωπίας
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Perhaps from αὐλός (aulós, “tube, pipe”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “face”) + -ῐ́ᾱς (-ĭ́ās), but compare also ἀλλοπίας (allopías, “kind of tuna”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /au̯.lɔː.pí.aːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aw.loˈpi.as/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.βloˈpi.as/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.vloˈpi.as/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.vloˈpi.as/
Noun
αὐλωπῐ́ᾱς • (aulōpĭ́ās) m (genitive αὐλωπῐ́ου); first declension
- unknown kind of fish, perhaps:
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ αὐλωπῐ́ᾱς ho aulōpĭ́ās |
τὼ αὐλωπῐ́ᾱ tṑ aulōpĭ́ā |
οἱ αὐλωπῐ́αι hoi aulōpĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ αὐλωπῐ́ου toû aulōpĭ́ou |
τοῖν αὐλωπῐ́αιν toîn aulōpĭ́ain |
τῶν αὐλωπῐῶν tôn aulōpĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ αὐλωπῐ́ᾳ tōî aulōpĭ́āi |
τοῖν αὐλωπῐ́αιν toîn aulōpĭ́ain |
τοῖς αὐλωπῐ́αις toîs aulōpĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν αὐλωπῐ́ᾱν tòn aulōpĭ́ān |
τὼ αὐλωπῐ́ᾱ tṑ aulōpĭ́ā |
τοὺς αὐλωπῐ́ᾱς toùs aulōpĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | αὐλωπῐ́ᾱ aulōpĭ́ā |
αὐλωπῐ́ᾱ aulōpĭ́ā |
αὐλωπῐ́αι aulōpĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “αὐλωπίας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- αὐλωπίας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- αὐλωπίας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- 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