Μέροψ

See also: μέροψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέροψ (mérops, “mortals, mankind”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mé.rops/ → /ˈme.rops/ → /ˈme.rops/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mé.rops/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈme.rops/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.rops/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈme.rops/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈme.rops/

Proper noun

Μέροψ • (Mérops) m (genitive Μέροπος); third declension

1. Merops

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Μέροψ; τοῦ Μέροπος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Μέροψ ho Mérops
Genitive	τοῦ Μέροπος toû Méropos
Dative	τῷ Μέροπῐ tôi Méropi
Accusative	τὸν Μέροπᾰ tòn Méropa
Vocative	Μέροψ Mérops
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μέροψ (Mérops)
• Latin: Merops

References

• “Μέροψ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017
• 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