διοπετής

See also: Διοπετής

Ancient Greek

διο- (dio-, “Zeus”) +‎ -πετής (-petḗs, “one who falls”)

δῐοπετής • (dĭopetḗs) m or f (neuter δῐοπετές); third declension

(religion) Fallen from Zeus, from heaven
- 413 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 977
- 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 2.66
- 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 2.71
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Numa Pompilius 13
- Alciphron, Collected Works 3.59
- 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Icaromenippus 2
- Aristopho 3
(Christianity) An image of the Ephesian Artemis which was supposed to have fallen from heaven
- New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 19:35

Third declension of δῐοπετής; δῐοπετές (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	δῐοπετής dĭopetḗs	δῐοπετές dĭopetés	δῐοπετεῖ dĭopeteî	δῐοπετεῖ dĭopeteî	δῐοπετεῖς dĭopeteîs	δῐοπετῆ dĭopetê
Genitive	δῐοπετοῦς dĭopetoûs	δῐοπετοῦς dĭopetoûs	δῐοπετοῖν dĭopetoîn	δῐοπετοῖν dĭopetoîn	δῐοπετῶν dĭopetôn	δῐοπετῶν dĭopetôn
Dative	δῐοπετεῖ dĭopeteî	δῐοπετεῖ dĭopeteî	δῐοπετοῖν dĭopetoîn	δῐοπετοῖν dĭopetoîn	δῐοπετέσῐ / δῐοπετέσῐν dĭopetésĭ(n)	δῐοπετέσῐ / δῐοπετέσῐν dĭopetésĭ(n)
Accusative	δῐοπετῆ dĭopetê	δῐοπετές dĭopetés	δῐοπετεῖ dĭopeteî	δῐοπετεῖ dĭopeteî	δῐοπετεῖς dĭopeteîs	δῐοπετῆ dĭopetê
Vocative	δῐοπετές dĭopetés	δῐοπετές dĭopetés	δῐοπετεῖ dĭopeteî	δῐοπετεῖ dĭopeteî	δῐοπετεῖς dĭopeteîs	δῐοπετῆ dĭopetê
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	δῐοπετῶς dĭopetôs		δῐοπετέστερος dĭopetésteros		δῐοπετέστᾰτος dĭopetéstătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.