ὀπαῖος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀπή (opḗ, “hole, opening”) +‎ -αῖος (-aîos, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.pâi̯.os/ → /oˈpɛ.os/ → /oˈpe.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.pâi̯.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈpɛ.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈpɛ.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈpe.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈpe.os/

Adjective

ὀπαῖος • (opaîos) m (feminine ὀπαίᾱ, neuter ὀπαῖον); first/second declension

1. with a hole or opening

Declension

First and second declension of ὀπαῖος; ὀπαίᾱ; ὀπαῖον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὀπαῖος opaîos	ὀπαίᾱ opaíā	ὀπαῖον opaîon		ὀπαίω opaíō	ὀπαίᾱ opaíā	ὀπαίω opaíō		ὀπαῖοι opaîoi	ὀπαῖαι opaîai	ὀπαῖᾰ opaîa
Genitive		ὀπαίου opaíou	ὀπαίᾱς opaíās	ὀπαίου opaíou		ὀπαίοιν opaíoin	ὀπαίαιν opaíain	ὀπαίοιν opaíoin		ὀπαίων opaíōn	ὀπαίων opaíōn	ὀπαίων opaíōn
Dative		ὀπαίῳ opaíōi	ὀπαίᾳ opaíāi	ὀπαίῳ opaíōi		ὀπαίοιν opaíoin	ὀπαίαιν opaíain	ὀπαίοιν opaíoin		ὀπαίοις opaíois	ὀπαίαις opaíais	ὀπαίοις opaíois
Accusative		ὀπαῖον opaîon	ὀπαίᾱν opaíān	ὀπαῖον opaîon		ὀπαίω opaíō	ὀπαίᾱ opaíā	ὀπαίω opaíō		ὀπαίους opaíous	ὀπαίᾱς opaíās	ὀπαῖᾰ opaîa
Vocative		ὀπαῖε opaîe	ὀπαίᾱ opaíā	ὀπαῖον opaîon		ὀπαίω opaíō	ὀπαίᾱ opaíā	ὀπαίω opaíō		ὀπαῖοι opaîoi	ὀπαῖαι opaîai	ὀπαῖᾰ opaîa
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὀπαίως opaíōs				ὀπαιότερος opaióteros				ὀπαιότᾰτος opaiótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὀπαῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὀπαῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ὀπαῖος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὀπαῖος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette