μέτωπον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
μετα- (meta-, “between”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mé.tɔː.pon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈme.to.pon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈme.to.pon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈme.to.pon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈme.to.pon/
Noun
μέτωπον • (métōpon) n (genitive μετώπου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ μέτωπον tò métōpon |
τὼ μετώπω tṑ metṓpō |
τᾰ̀ μέτωπᾰ tằ métōpă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μετώπου toû metṓpou |
τοῖν μετώποιν toîn metṓpoin |
τῶν μετώπων tôn metṓpōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μετώπῳ tōî metṓpōi |
τοῖν μετώποιν toîn metṓpoin |
τοῖς μετώποις toîs metṓpois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ μέτωπον tò métōpon |
τὼ μετώπω tṑ metṓpō |
τᾰ̀ μέτωπᾰ tằ métōpă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μέτωπον métōpon |
μετώπω metṓpō |
μέτωπᾰ métōpă | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- εὐρυμέτωπος (eurumétōpos)
Descendants
References
- “μέτωπον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μέτωπον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μέτωπον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette