δόρπον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to Albanian darkë (“evening meal”), but further connections are unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dór.pon/ → /ˈðor.pon/ → /ˈðor.pon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dór.pon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdor.pon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðor.pon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðor.pon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðor.pon/

Noun

δόρπον • (dórpon) n (genitive δόρπου); second declension (Epic, Doric)

1. evening meal, dinner, supper
2. (later Epic) food, meal

Declension

Second declension of δόρπον; δόρπου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	δόρπον dórpon	δόρπω dórpō	δόρπᾰ dórpa
Genitive	δόρπου / δορποῖο / δόρποιο / δορπόο / δόρποο dórpou / dorpoîo / dórpoio / dorpóo / dórpoo	δόρποιῐν dórpoiin	δόρπων dórpōn
Dative	δόρπῳ dórpōi	δόρποιῐν dórpoiin	δόρποισῐ / δόρποισῐν / δόρποις dórpoisi(n) / dórpois
Accusative	δόρπον dórpon	δόρπω dórpō	δόρπᾰ dórpa
Vocative	δόρπον dórpon	δόρπω dórpō	δόρπᾰ dórpa
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• δόρπιον (dórpion)
• δορπήϊα (dorpḗïa)
• δορπέω (dorpéō)
• δορπηστός (dorpēstós)

Further reading

• “δόρπον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δόρπον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• 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