ῥύπος

See also: ρύπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

No convincing etymology. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)roupos- and cognate with Proto-Slavic *strupъ (“scab”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῥῠ́πος • (rhŭ́pos) m (genitive ῥύπου); second declension

  1. dirt, filth, uncleanliness
  2. sordidness, meanness
  3. sealing wax

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ῥῠ́πος; τοῦ ῥῠ́που (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ῥῠ́πος
ho rhŭ́pos 		τὼ ῥῠ́πω
tṑ rhŭ́pō 		οἱ ῥῠ́ποι
hoi rhŭ́poi
Genitive τοῦ ῥῠ́που
toû rhŭ́pou 		τοῖν ῥῠ́ποιν
toîn rhŭ́poin 		τῶν ῥῠ́πων
tôn rhŭ́pōn
Dative τῷ ῥῠ́πῳ
tōî rhŭ́pōi 		τοῖν ῥῠ́ποιν
toîn rhŭ́poin 		τοῖς ῥῠ́ποις
toîs rhŭ́pois
Accusative τὸν ῥῠ́πον
tòn rhŭ́pon 		τὼ ῥῠ́πω
tṑ rhŭ́pō 		τοὺς ῥῠ́πους
toùs rhŭ́pous
Vocative ῥῠ́πε
rhŭ́pe 		ῥῠ́πω
rhŭ́pō 		ῥῠ́ποι
rhŭ́poi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ῥυπαίνω (rhupaínō)
  • ῥυπαρός (rhuparós)
  • ῥύπασμα (rhúpasma)
  • ῥυπάω (rhupáō)
  • ῥυπέλαιον (rhupélaion)
  • ῥυποέις (rhupoéis)
  • ῥυποκέραμος (rhupokéramos)
  • ῥυποκόνδυλος (rhupokóndulos)
  • ῥυπόω (rhupóō)
  • ῥυπώδης (rhupṓdēs)

Descendants

  • Greek: ρύπος (rýpos)

Further reading

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