ὄππα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /óp.pa/ → /ˈop.pa/ → /ˈo.pa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /óp.pa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈop.pa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈop.pa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈop.pa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.pa/

Noun

ὄππᾰ • (óppă) n (genitive ὄππᾰτος); third declension

1. (Aeolic) alternative form of ὄμμᾰ (ómmă), with progressive assimilation
   • 630 BCE – 570 BCE, Sappho, Collected Works 2.11–12:

     ὀππάτεσσι δ’ οὖδεν ὄρημ’, ἐπιρρόμβεισι δ’ ἄκουαι,

     oppátessi d’ oûden órēm’, epirrhómbeisi d’ ákouai,

     There is no seeing with the eyes, and the ears are buzzing

Declension

Third declension of τὸ ὄππᾰ; τοῦ ὄππᾰτος (Aeolic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὄππᾰ tò óppă	τὼ ὄππᾰτε tṑ óppăte	τᾰ̀ ὄππᾰτᾰ tằ óppătă
Genitive	τοῦ ὄππᾰτος toû óppătos	τοῖν ὀππᾰ́τοιν toîn oppắtoin	τῶν ὀππᾰ́των tôn oppắtōn
Dative	τῷ ὄππᾰτῐ tōî óppătĭ	τοῖν ὀππᾰ́τοιν toîn oppắtoin	τοῖς ὀππᾰ́τεσσῐ toîs oppắtessĭ
Accusative	τὸ ὄππᾰ tò óppă	τὼ ὄππᾰτε tṑ óppăte	τᾰ̀ ὄππᾰτᾰ tằ óppătă
Vocative	ὄππᾰ óppă	ὄππᾰτε óppăte	ὄππᾰτᾰ óppătă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

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