μαστροπός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- μᾰστροφός (măstrophós)
Etymology
The usual connection with μαίομαι (maíomai, “to touch, investigate”) is uncertain, as the variant with -φ- may point to a Pre-Greek word. Furnée further compares μάτρυλλος (mátrullos, “pimp”), with a variation -σ-/zero.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mas.tro.pós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /mas.troˈpos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mas.troˈpos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mas.troˈpos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mas.troˈpos/
Noun
μᾰστροπός • (măstropós) m or f (genitive μᾰστροποῦ); second declension
- pimp or procuress
- Synonym: μᾰ́τρῠλλος (mắtrŭllos)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ, ἡ μᾰστροπός ho, hē măstropós |
τὼ μᾰστροπώ tṑ măstropṓ |
οἱ, αἱ μᾰστροποί hoi, hai măstropoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς μᾰστροποῦ toû, tês măstropoû |
τοῖν μᾰστροποῖν toîn măstropoîn |
τῶν μᾰστροπῶν tôn măstropôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ, τῇ μᾰστροπῷ tōî, tēî măstropōî |
τοῖν μᾰστροποῖν toîn măstropoîn |
τοῖς, ταῖς μᾰστροποῖς toîs, taîs măstropoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν, τὴν μᾰστροπόν tòn, tḕn măstropón |
τὼ μᾰστροπώ tṑ măstropṓ |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς μᾰστροπούς toùs, tā̀s măstropoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μᾰστροπέ măstropé |
μᾰστροπώ măstropṓ |
μᾰστροποί măstropoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- μᾰστροπείᾱ (măstropeíā)
- μᾰστροπεύω (măstropeúō)
- μᾰστροπῐκός (măstropĭkós)
- μᾰστροπῐ́ς (măstropĭ́s)
- μᾰστροπώδης (măstropṓdēs)
Descendants
- Greek: μαστροπός (mastropós)
Further reading
- “μαστροπός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μαστροπός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μαστροπός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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
Greek
Alternative forms
- μαστρωπός m (mastropós)
Noun
μαστροπός • (mastropós) m (plural μαστροποί)
- pimp (prostitution)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | μαστροπός (mastropós) | μαστροποί (mastropoí) |
| genitive | μαστροπού (mastropoú) | μαστροπών (mastropón) |
| accusative | μαστροπό (mastropó) | μαστροπούς (mastropoús) |
| vocative | μαστροπέ (mastropé) | μαστροποί (mastropoí) |
Synonyms
- νταβατζής m (ntavatzís)