πρωτότυπον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

The noun is a neuter substantive from the adjective; in the sense of “root word”, an ellipsis of τὸ πρωτότῠπον ἔπος (tò prōtótŭpon épos, “the original word”).

Adjective

πρωτότῠπον • (prōtótŭpon)

  1. inflection of πρωτότῠπος (prōtótŭpos):
    1. neuter nominative/vocative singular
    2. masculine/feminine/neuter accusative singular

Noun

πρωτότῠπον • (prōtótŭpon) n (genitive πρωτοτῠ́που); second declension

  1. (Koine) an archetype, an original
    • ante 177 CE, Pollux, Onomasticon 5.102
  2. (Byzantine) a root word (primitive word from which others are derived)
    • Tzetz., zu Lycophr. 1084
Declension
Second declension of τὸ πρωτότῠπον; τοῦ πρωτοτῠ́που (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ πρωτότῠπον
tò prōtótŭpon 		τὼ πρωτοτῠ́πω
tṑ prōtotŭ́pō 		τᾰ̀ πρωτότῠπᾰ
tằ prōtótŭpă
Genitive τοῦ πρωτοτῠ́που
toû prōtotŭ́pou 		τοῖν πρωτοτῠ́ποιν
toîn prōtotŭ́poin 		τῶν πρωτοτῠ́πων
tôn prōtotŭ́pōn
Dative τῷ πρωτοτῠ́πῳ
tōî prōtotŭ́pōi 		τοῖν πρωτοτῠ́ποιν
toîn prōtotŭ́poin 		τοῖς πρωτοτῠ́ποις
toîs prōtotŭ́pois
Accusative τὸ πρωτότῠπον
tò prōtótŭpon 		τὼ πρωτοτῠ́πω
tṑ prōtotŭ́pō 		τᾰ̀ πρωτότῠπᾰ
tằ prōtótŭpă
Vocative πρωτότῠπον
prōtótŭpon 		πρωτοτῠ́πω
prōtotŭ́pō 		πρωτότῠπᾰ
prōtótŭpă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Descendants
  • Greek: πρωτότυπο (protótypo)
Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

πρωτότῠπον • (prōtótŭpon) m

  1. accusative singular of πρωτότῠπος (prōtótŭpos)
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