κνιπολόγος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κνίψ (kníps, “insect”) + λέγω (légō, “to gather, pick up”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kniː.po.ló.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kni.poˈlo.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kni.poˈlo.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kni.poˈlo.ɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kni.poˈlo.ɣos/
Noun
κνῑπολόγος • (knīpológos) m (genitive κνῑπολόγου); second declension
- kind of woodpecker
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κνῑπολόγος ho knīpológos |
τὼ κνῑπολόγω tṑ knīpológō |
οἱ κνῑπολόγοι hoi knīpológoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κνῑπολόγου toû knīpológou |
τοῖν κνῑπολόγοιν toîn knīpológoin |
τῶν κνῑπολόγων tôn knīpológōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κνῑπολόγῳ tōî knīpológōi |
τοῖν κνῑπολόγοιν toîn knīpológoin |
τοῖς κνῑπολόγοις toîs knīpológois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κνῑπολόγον tòn knīpológon |
τὼ κνῑπολόγω tṑ knīpológō |
τοὺς κνῑπολόγους toùs knīpológous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κνῑπολόγε knīpológe |
κνῑπολόγω knīpológō |
κνῑπολόγοι knīpológoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κνιπολόγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κνιπολόγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette