Πέλοψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Most likely πέλλος (péllos, “dark”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pé.lops/ → /ˈpe.lops/ → /ˈpe.lops/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pé.lops/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.lops/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.lops/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.lops/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.lops/

Proper noun

Πέλοψ • (Pélops) m (genitive Πέλοπος); third declension

1. Pelops

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Πέλοψ; τοῦ Πέλοπος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πέλοψ ho Pélops
Genitive	τοῦ Πέλοπος toû Pélopos
Dative	τῷ Πέλοπῐ tôi Pélopi
Accusative	τὸν Πέλοπᾰ tòn Pélopa
Vocative	Πέλοψ Pélops
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Πελοπῐ́δης (Pelopídēs), Πελοπῐ́δᾱς (Pelopídās)
• Πελόπῐος (Pelópios)

Descendants

• Greek: Πέλοψ (Pélops), Πέλοπας (Pélopas)
• Latin: Pelops

References

• “Πέλοψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Πέλοψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Πέλοψ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “Πέλοψ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • pelops idem, page 602.
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, pages 1,020, 1,021