κωνωπεῖον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κωνόπιον (kōnópion), κωνωπεών (kōnōpeṓn), κωνώπιον (kōnṓpion)

Etymology

From κώνωψ (kṓnōps, “mosquito”) +‎ -εῖον (-eîon).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɔː.nɔː.pêː.on/ → /ko.noˈpi.on/ → /ko.noˈpi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɔː.nɔː.pêː.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ko.noˈpi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ko.noˈpi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ko.noˈpi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ko.noˈpi.on/

Noun

κωνωπεῖον • (kōnōpeîon) n (genitive κωνωπείου); second declension

1. an Egyptian couch with mosquito netting

Declension

Second declension of τὸ κωνωπεῖον; τοῦ κωνωπείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κωνωπεῖον tò kōnōpeîon	τὼ κωνωπείω tṑ kōnōpeíō	τᾰ̀ κωνωπεῖᾰ tà kōnōpeîa
Genitive	τοῦ κωνωπείου toû kōnōpeíou	τοῖν κωνωπείοιν toîn kōnōpeíoin	τῶν κωνωπείων tôn kōnōpeíōn
Dative	τῷ κωνωπείῳ tôi kōnōpeíōi	τοῖν κωνωπείοιν toîn kōnōpeíoin	τοῖς κωνωπείοις toîs kōnōpeíois
Accusative	τὸ κωνωπεῖον tò kōnōpeîon	τὼ κωνωπείω tṑ kōnōpeíō	τᾰ̀ κωνωπεῖᾰ tà kōnōpeîa
Vocative	κωνωπεῖον kōnōpeîon	κωνωπείω kōnōpeíō	κωνωπεῖᾰ kōnōpeîa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: cōnōpēum
  • → Catalan: conopeu
  • → English: conopeum
  • Italian: conopeo
  • Old French: canopé, canope
    • → Middle English: canape, canapee, canapy, canepie, canope, kanape
      • English: canopy
    • French: canapé (see there for further descendants)
  • Portuguese: conopeu
  • → Middle English: canope
    • English: canopy
      • → French: canopée (calque)
      • → Spanish: canopy

Further reading

• κωνωπεῖον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “κωνωπεῖον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “κωνώπιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press