αλεπού
Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek ἀλωπού (alōpoú), from Byzantine Greek ἀλωπώ (alōpṓ), from Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), from Proto-Hellenic *alōpēḱos (similar to Old Armenian աղուէս (ałuēs)), diminutive of Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p ~ *h₂ulp (“(red) fox”) (compare Latin volpēs, Lithuanian lãpė, Albanian dhelpër, Persian روباه (rubâh)).
Noun
αλεπού • (alepoú) f (plural αλεπούδες)
- fox
- (figuratively) cunning or sly person
Declension
Declension of αλεπού
Synonyms
Derived terms
- αλεποπορδή f (alepopordí, “puffball”, literally “fox fart”)
- αλεπότρυπα f (alepótrypa, “foxhole”)
- αλεπουδάκι n (alepoudáki, “fox cub”)
- αλεπουδίσιος (alepoudísios, “vulpine, foxy”)
- αλεποφωλιά f (alepofoliá, “foxhole”)
- αλωπεκή f (alopekí, “foxfur”)
Further reading
- “αλεπού”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
αλεπού on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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- Greek terms inherited from Byzantine Greek
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- Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic
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- Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Greek lemmas
- Greek nouns
- Greek feminine nouns
- Greek nouns declining like 'αλεπού'
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