λοπός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λέπω (lépō, “to peel”) + -ός (-ós, deverbal nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lo.pós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /loˈpos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /loˈpos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /loˈpos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /loˈpos/
Noun
λοπός • (lopós) m (genitive λοποῦ); second declension
- peel; rind; skin; shell
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, Mochlicon:
- Κἢν μὲν οὖν ὁ χόνδρος, ἐντιθέναι ἄχνην ὀθονίου ἐναποδέοντα λοπῷ Καρχηδονίῳ, ἢ ἐν ἄλλῳ, ὃ μὴ ἐρεθιεῖ· τῷ λοπῷ δὲ τὰς παραλλάξιας παρακολλᾷν, καὶ ἀναλαμβάνειν.
- Kḕn mèn oûn ho khóndros, entithénai ákhnēn othoníou enapodéonta lopōî Karkhēdoníōi, ḕ en állōi, hò mḕ erethieî; tōî lopōî dè tàs paralláxias parakollāîn, kaì analambánein.
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- Κἢν μὲν οὖν ὁ χόνδρος, ἐντιθέναι ἄχνην ὀθονίου ἐναποδέοντα λοπῷ Καρχηδονίῳ, ἢ ἐν ἄλλῳ, ὃ μὴ ἐρεθιεῖ· τῷ λοπῷ δὲ τὰς παραλλάξιας παρακολλᾷν, καὶ ἀναλαμβάνειν.
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ λοπός ho lopós |
τὼ λοπώ tṑ lopṓ |
οἱ λοποί hoi lopoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λοποῦ toû lopoû |
τοῖν λοποῖν toîn lopoîn |
τῶν λοπῶν tôn lopôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λοπῷ tōî lopōî |
τοῖν λοποῖν toîn lopoîn |
τοῖς λοποῖς toîs lopoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν λοπόν tòn lopón |
τὼ λοπώ tṑ lopṓ |
τοὺς λοπούς toùs lopoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λοπέ lopé |
λοπώ lopṓ |
λοποί lopoí | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | λοπός lopós |
λοπώ lopṓ |
λοποί lopoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | λοποῦ / λοποῖο / λοπόο lopoû / lopoîo / lopóo |
λοποῖν / λοποῖῐν lopoî(ĭ)n |
λοπῶν lopôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | λοπῷ lopōî |
λοποῖν / λοποῖῐν lopoî(ĭ)n |
λοποῖς / λοποῖσῐ / λοποῖσῐν lopoîs / lopoîsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | λοπόν lopón |
λοπώ lopṓ |
λοπούς lopoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λοπέ lopé |
λοπώ lopṓ |
λοποί lopoí | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Further reading
- “λοπός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λοπός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “λοπός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- λοπός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- λοπός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Franco Montanari et al. (2015) Madeleine Goh and Chad Schroeder, editors, The Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 1253
- 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, page 871