ὄλπη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, a derivative of ἔλπος (élpos, “olive oil”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ól.pɛː/ → /ˈol.pi/ → /ˈol.pi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ól.pɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈol.pe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈol.pi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈol.pi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈol.pi/

Noun

ὄλπη • (ólpē) f (genitive ὄλπης); first declension

1. leathern flask for oil

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὄλπη; τῆς ὄλπης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὄλπη hē ólpē	τὼ ὄλπᾱ tṑ ólpā	αἱ ὄλπαι hai ólpai
Genitive	τῆς ὄλπης tês ólpēs	τοῖν ὄλπαιν toîn ólpain	τῶν ὀλπῶν tôn olpôn
Dative	τῇ ὄλπῃ têi ólpēi	τοῖν ὄλπαιν toîn ólpain	ταῖς ὄλπαις taîs ólpais
Accusative	τὴν ὄλπην tḕn ólpēn	τὼ ὄλπᾱ tṑ ólpā	τᾱ̀ς ὄλπᾱς tā̀s ólpās
Vocative	ὄλπη ólpē	ὄλπᾱ ólpā	ὄλπαι ólpai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὄλπις (ólpis)

Descendants

• → English: olpe
• → Etruscan: 𐌖𐌋𐌐𐌀𐌉𐌀 (ulpaia)
• → German: Olpe

References

• “ὄλπη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὄλπη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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, pages 415-416