Πηνελόπη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Πηνελόπεια (Pēnelópeia) — Epic

Etymology

Apparently from πηνέλοψ (pēnélops, “a particolored duck”). The traditional association with πήνη (pḗnē, “thread, bobbin”) and ὤψ (ṓps, “face”) is a folk etymology based on the story of Penelope’s weaving and fails to explain the -ελ-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɛː.ne.ló.pɛː/ → /pi.neˈlo.pi/ → /pi.neˈlo.pi/

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

Proper noun

Πηνελόπη • (Pēnelópē) f (genitive Πηνελόπης); first declension

1. a female given name, Penelope

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Πηνελόπη; τῆς Πηνελόπης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Πηνελόπη hē Pēnelópē	τὼ Πηνελόπᾱ tṑ Pēnelópā	αἱ Πηνελόπαι hai Pēnelópai
Genitive	τῆς Πηνελόπης tês Pēnelópēs	τοῖν Πηνελόπαιν toîn Pēnelópain	τῶν Πηνελοπῶν tôn Pēnelopôn
Dative	τῇ Πηνελόπῃ têi Pēnelópēi	τοῖν Πηνελόπαιν toîn Pēnelópain	ταῖς Πηνελόπαις taîs Pēnelópais
Accusative	τὴν Πηνελόπην tḕn Pēnelópēn	τὼ Πηνελόπᾱ tṑ Pēnelópā	τᾱ̀ς Πηνελόπᾱς tā̀s Pēnelópās
Vocative	Πηνελόπη Pēnelópē	Πηνελόπᾱ Pēnelópā	Πηνελόπαι Pēnelópai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Πηνελόπη (Pinelópi)
• Latin: Penelope

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021