ἦνοψ
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Formation in -οψ but further unclear; originally *ϝῆν-οψ (*wên-ops). Compare αἶθοψ (aîthops) and νῶροψ (nôrops) which are also epithets of copper, but remain without clear interpretation.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɛ̂ː.nops/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe̝.nops/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.nops/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.nops/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.nops/
Adjective[edit]
ἦνοψ • (ênops) m or f (neuter ἦνοπος); third declension
- gleaming, shining, glittering (epithet of copper and heaven)
Declension[edit]
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἦνοψ ênops |
ἦνοψ ênops |
ἤνοπε ḗnope |
ἤνοπε ḗnope |
ἤνοπες ḗnopes |
ἤνοπᾰ ḗnopa | ||||||||
Genitive | ἤνοπος ḗnopos |
ἤνοπος ḗnopos |
ἠνόποιν ēnópoin |
ἠνόποιν ēnópoin |
ἠνόπων ēnópōn |
ἠνόπων ēnópōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἤνοπῐ ḗnopi |
ἤνοπῐ ḗnopi |
ἠνόποιν ēnópoin |
ἠνόποιν ēnópoin |
ἤνοψῐ / ἤνοψῐν ḗnopsi(n) |
ἤνοψῐ / ἤνοψῐν ḗnopsi(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | ἤνοπᾰ ḗnopa |
ἦνοψ ênops |
ἤνοπε ḗnope |
ἤνοπε ḗnope |
ἤνοπᾰς ḗnopas |
ἤνοπᾰ ḗnopa | ||||||||
Vocative | ἦνοψ ênops |
ἦνοψ ênops |
ἤνοπε ḗnope |
ἤνοπε ḗnope |
ἤνοπες ḗnopes |
ἤνοπᾰ ḗnopa | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἠνόπως ēnópōs |
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Further reading[edit]
- “ἦνοψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἦνοψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἦνοψ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἦνοψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἦνοψ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- 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