νῶροψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Comparison with νωρεῖ (nōreî, “is active”) and Lithuanian norėti (“to want”) is perhaps possible, but gratuitous. The suffix -οπ- may point to a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nɔ̂ː.rops/ → /ˈno.rops/ → /ˈno.rops/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nɔ̂ː.rops/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈno.rops/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈno.rops/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈno.rops/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈno.rops/

Adjective

νῶροψ • (nôrops) m or f (neuter νώροπος); third declension

1. flashing, shining, bright (epithet of copper)

Declension

Third declension of νῶροψ; νῶροψ (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		νῶροψ nôrops	νῶροψ nôrops		νώροπε nṓrope	νώροπε nṓrope		νώροπες nṓropes	νώροπᾰ nṓropa
Genitive		νώροπος nṓropos	νώροπος nṓropos		νωρόποιν nōrópoin	νωρόποιν nōrópoin		νωρόπων nōrópōn	νωρόπων nōrópōn
Dative		νώροπῐ nṓropi	νώροπῐ nṓropi		νωρόποιν nōrópoin	νωρόποιν nōrópoin		νώροψῐ / νώροψῐν nṓropsi(n)	νώροψῐ / νώροψῐν nṓropsi(n)
Accusative		νώροπᾰ nṓropa	νῶροψ nôrops		νώροπε nṓrope	νώροπε nṓrope		νώροπᾰς nṓropas	νώροπᾰ nṓropa
Vocative		νῶροψ nôrops	νῶροψ nôrops		νώροπε nṓrope	νώροπε nṓrope		νώροπες nṓropes	νώροπᾰ nṓropa
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		νωρόπως nōrópōs			—			—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “νῶροψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νῶροψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “νῶροψ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• νῶροψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• νῶροψ 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