ὀπιδνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὄπῐς (ópis, “revenge”) +‎ -νός (-nós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.pi.dnós/ → /o.piˈðnos/ → /o.piˈðnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.pi.dnós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.piˈdnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.piˈðnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.piˈðnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.piˈðnos/

Adjective

ὀπιδνός • (opidnós) m (feminine ὀπιδνή, neuter ὀπιδνόν); first/second declension

1. dreadful, respectful

Inflection

First and second declension of ὀπιδνός; ὀπιδνή; ὀπιδνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὀπιδνός opidnós	ὀπιδνή opidnḗ	ὀπιδνόν opidnón		ὀπιδνώ opidnṓ	ὀπιδνᾱ́ opidnā́	ὀπιδνώ opidnṓ		ὀπιδνοί opidnoí	ὀπιδναί opidnaí	ὀπιδνᾰ́ opidná
Genitive		ὀπιδνοῦ opidnoû	ὀπιδνῆς opidnês	ὀπιδνοῦ opidnoû		ὀπιδνοῖν opidnoîn	ὀπιδναῖν opidnaîn	ὀπιδνοῖν opidnoîn		ὀπιδνῶν opidnôn	ὀπιδνῶν opidnôn	ὀπιδνῶν opidnôn
Dative		ὀπιδνῷ opidnôi	ὀπιδνῇ opidnêi	ὀπιδνῷ opidnôi		ὀπιδνοῖν opidnoîn	ὀπιδναῖν opidnaîn	ὀπιδνοῖν opidnoîn		ὀπιδνοῖς opidnoîs	ὀπιδναῖς opidnaîs	ὀπιδνοῖς opidnoîs
Accusative		ὀπιδνόν opidnón	ὀπιδνήν opidnḗn	ὀπιδνόν opidnón		ὀπιδνώ opidnṓ	ὀπιδνᾱ́ opidnā́	ὀπιδνώ opidnṓ		ὀπιδνούς opidnoús	ὀπιδνᾱ́ς opidnā́s	ὀπιδνᾰ́ opidná
Vocative		ὀπιδνέ opidné	ὀπιδνή opidnḗ	ὀπιδνόν opidnón		ὀπιδνώ opidnṓ	ὀπιδνᾱ́ opidnā́	ὀπιδνώ opidnṓ		ὀπιδνοί opidnoí	ὀπιδναί opidnaí	ὀπιδνᾰ́ opidná
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὀπιδνῶς opidnôs				ὀπιδνότερος opidnóteros				ὀπιδνότᾰτος opidnótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ὀπιδνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὀπιδνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὀπιδνός in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften