ἔποψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Formation like δρύοψ (drúops, “woodpecker”), on an onomatopoeic basis. Parallel names exist in other languages, like Latin upupa, Persian پوپو (pōpō), Armenian հոպոպ (hopop) and Latvian pupukis.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.pops/ → /ˈe.pops/ → /ˈe.pops/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.pops/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pops/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pops/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pops/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pops/

Noun

ἔποψ • (épops) m (genitive ἔποπος); third declension

1. hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ἔποψ; τοῦ ἔποπος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἔποψ ho épops	τὼ ἔποπε tṑ épope	οἱ ἔποπες hoi épopes
Genitive	τοῦ ἔποπος toû épopos	τοῖν ἐπόποιν toîn epópoin	τῶν ἐπόπων tôn epópōn
Dative	τῷ ἔποπῐ tôi épopi	τοῖν ἐπόποιν toîn epópoin	τοῖς ἔποψῐ / ἔποψῐν toîs épopsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἔποπᾰ tòn épopa	τὼ ἔποπε tṑ épope	τοὺς ἔποπᾰς toùs épopas
Vocative	ἔποψ épops	ἔποπε épope	ἔποπες épopes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἔποψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἔποψ 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