ὀπάων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὀπέων (opéōn) — Ionic

Etymology

The form *ὀπά-ϝων (*opá-wōn, “belonging to the retinue”) is derived from *ὀπά (*opá, “followers, retinue”), a verbal noun from ἕπομαι (hépomai, “to follow, obey”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”). The psilosis is also found in ὀπάζω (opázō, “to chase, oppress”). Confront synonymous κοινών (koinṓn, “partner, companion”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.pǎː.ɔːn/ → /oˈpa.on/ → /oˈpa.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.pǎː.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈpa.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈpa.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈpa.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈpa.on/

Noun

ὀπᾱ́ων • (opā́ōn) m (genitive ὀπᾱ́ονος); third declension

1. comrade in war, companion, esquire

   Synonym: θεράπων (therápōn)

2. (in general) follower, attendant

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ὀπᾱ́ων; τοῦ ὀπᾱ́ονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὀπᾱ́ων ho opā́ōn	τὼ ὀπᾱ́ονε tṑ opā́one	οἱ ὀπᾱ́ονες hoi opā́ones
Genitive	τοῦ ὀπᾱ́ονος toû opā́onos	τοῖν ὀπᾱόνοιν toîn opāónoin	τῶν ὀπᾱόνων tôn opāónōn
Dative	τῷ ὀπᾱ́ονῐ tôi opā́oni	τοῖν ὀπᾱόνοιν toîn opāónoin	τοῖς ὀπᾱ́οσῐ / ὀπᾱ́οσῐν toîs opā́osi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ὀπᾱ́ονᾰ tòn opā́ona	τὼ ὀπᾱ́ονε tṑ opā́one	τοὺς ὀπᾱ́ονᾰς toùs opā́onas
Vocative	ὀπᾶον opâon	ὀπᾱ́ονε opā́one	ὀπᾱ́ονες opā́ones
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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