δασύπους

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δασύς (dasús, “hairy, shaggy”) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /da.sý.puːs/ → /ðaˈsy.pus/ → /ðaˈsi.pus/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /da.sý.puːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /daˈsy.pus/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈsy.pus/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈsy.pus/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðaˈsi.pus/

Noun

δᾰσῠ́πους • (dasúpous) m (genitive δᾰσῠ́ποδος); third declension

1. European hare (Lepus europaeus)

   Synonyms: λαγώς (lagṓs), πτώξ (ptṓx)

2. European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

   Synonym: λεβηρίς (lebērís)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ δᾰσῠ́πους; τοῦ δᾰσῠ́ποδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δᾰσῠ́πους ho dasúpous	τὼ δᾰσῠ́ποδε tṑ dasúpode	οἱ δᾰσῠ́ποδες hoi dasúpodes
Genitive	τοῦ δᾰσῠ́ποδος toû dasúpodos	τοῖν δᾰσῠπόδοιν toîn dasupódoin	τῶν δᾰσῠπόδων tôn dasupódōn
Dative	τῷ δᾰσῠ́ποδῐ tôi dasúpodi	τοῖν δᾰσῠπόδοιν toîn dasupódoin	τοῖς δᾰσῠ́ποσῐ / δᾰσῠ́ποσῐν toîs dasúposi(n)
Accusative	τὸν δᾰσῠ́ποδᾰ tòn dasúpoda	τὼ δᾰσῠ́ποδε tṑ dasúpode	τοὺς δᾰσῠ́ποδᾰς toùs dasúpodas
Vocative	δᾰσῠ́πους dasúpous	δᾰσῠ́ποδε dasúpode	δᾰσῠ́ποδες dasúpodes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• δασυπόδειος (dasupódeios)
• δασυπόδιον (dasupódion)

 

Descendants

• Greek: δασύπους (dasýpous)
• → Latin: dasypūs
  • → Translingual: Dasypus

Further reading

• “δασύπους”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δασύπους”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δασύπους in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δασύπους in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)

Greek

Etymology

From δᾰσῠ́πους (dasúpous, “rough-foot; hare”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ða.ˈsi.pus/

Noun

δασύπους • (dasýpous) m (plural δασύποδες)

1. armadillo

Declension

Declension of δασύπους

	singular	plural
nominative	δασύπους •	δασύποδες •
genitive	δασύποδος •	δασυπόδων •
accusative	δασύποδα •	δασύποδες •
vocative	—	—

Synonyms

• αρμαντίλλο n (armantíllo)

See also

• αρμαντίλλο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el