πιπώ
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Formation like ἀηδώ (aēdṓ) and τυτώ (tutṓ). Probably onomatopoeic like πιππίζω (pippízō, “to pipe, chirp”) and Sanskrit पिप्पका (pippakā, “kind of bird”). Compare also πῖπος (pîpos, “young piping bird”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /piː.pɔ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /piˈpo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /piˈpo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /piˈpo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piˈpo/
Noun[edit]
πῑπώ • (pīpṓ) f (genitive πῑποῦς); third declension
- great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
- Synonym: πῐ́πρᾱ (píprā)
Inflection[edit]
References[edit]
- “πιπώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πιπώ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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