πηνέλοψ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πᾱνέλοψ (pānélops) — Doric
Etymology
The formation is similar to δρύοψ (drúops) and πάρνοψ (párnops). The suffix "-οψ" is typical of Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pɛː.né.lops/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pe̝ˈne.lops/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /piˈne.lops/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /piˈne.lops/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piˈne.lops/
Noun
πηνέλοψ • (pēnélops) m (genitive πηνέλοπος); third declension
- kind of particoloured duck
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ πηνέλοψ ho pēnélops |
τὼ πηνέλοπε tṑ pēnélope |
οἱ πηνέλοπες hoi pēnélopes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πηνέλοπος toû pēnélopos |
τοῖν πηνελόποιν toîn pēnelópoin |
τῶν πηνελόπων tôn pēnelópōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πηνέλοπῐ tōî pēnélopĭ |
τοῖν πηνελόποιν toîn pēnelópoin |
τοῖς πηνέλοψῐ / πηνέλοψῐν toîs pēnélopsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πηνέλοπᾰ tòn pēnélopă |
τὼ πηνέλοπε tṑ pēnélope |
τοὺς πηνέλοπᾰς toùs pēnélopăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πηνέλοψ pēnélops |
πηνέλοπε pēnélope |
πηνέλοπες pēnélopes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Πηνελόπη (Pēnelópē)
Descendants
- Translingual: Penelope
Further reading
- “πηνέλοψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πηνέλοψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πηνέλοψ 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