δοῦπος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- γδοῦπος (gdoûpos) — poetic
Etymology
The word shows some resemblance to Latvian dupêtiês (“dead sound”) and Serbo-Croatian dűpiti (“to slay”), but the initial γδ- found in some compounds suggests a Pre-Greek origin. Compare Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dûː.pos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdu.pos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðu.pos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðu.pos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈðu.pos/
Noun
δοῦπος • (doûpos) m (genitive δούπου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ δοῦπος ho doûpos |
τὼ δούπω tṑ doúpō |
οἱ δοῦποι hoi doûpoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ δούπου toû doúpou |
τοῖν δούποιν toîn doúpoin |
τῶν δούπων tôn doúpōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ δούπῳ tōî doúpōi |
τοῖν δούποιν toîn doúpoin |
τοῖς δούποις toîs doúpois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν δοῦπον tòn doûpon |
τὼ δούπω tṑ doúpō |
τοὺς δούπους toùs doúpous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δοῦπε doûpe |
δούπω doúpō |
δοῦποι doûpoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- βαρύγδουπος (barúgdoupos)
- δουπέω (doupéō)
- δουπήτωρ (doupḗtōr)
- ἐπίδουπος (epídoupos)
- ἐρίδουπος (erídoupos), ἐρίγδουπος (erígdoupos)
- μασίγδουπον (masígdoupon)
- μελίγδουπος (melígdoupos)
Further reading
- “δοῦπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δοῦπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δοῦπος 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