ῥυπαρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥυπάω (rhupáō) +‎ -ρός (-rós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥y.pa.rós/ → /ry.paˈros/ → /ri.paˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥y.pa.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ry.paˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ry.paˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ry.paˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ri.paˈros/

Adjective

ῥῠπᾰρός • (rhuparós) m (feminine ῥῠπᾰρᾱ́, neuter ῥῠπᾰρόν); first/second declension

1. filthy, dirty, greasy, unpurged
2. sordid, mean, uncultured
3. made of base metal (of coins)

Inflection

First and second declension of ῥῠπᾰρός; ῥῠπᾰρᾱ́; ῥῠπᾰρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ῥῠπᾰρός rhuparós	ῥῠπᾰρᾱ́ rhuparā́	ῥῠπᾰρόν rhuparón		ῥῠπᾰρώ rhuparṓ	ῥῠπᾰρᾱ́ rhuparā́	ῥῠπᾰρώ rhuparṓ		ῥῠπᾰροί rhuparoí	ῥῠπᾰραί rhuparaí	ῥῠπᾰρᾰ́ rhupará
Genitive		ῥῠπᾰροῦ rhuparoû	ῥῠπᾰρᾶς rhuparâs	ῥῠπᾰροῦ rhuparoû		ῥῠπᾰροῖν rhuparoîn	ῥῠπᾰραῖν rhuparaîn	ῥῠπᾰροῖν rhuparoîn		ῥῠπᾰρῶν rhuparôn	ῥῠπᾰρῶν rhuparôn	ῥῠπᾰρῶν rhuparôn
Dative		ῥῠπᾰρῷ rhuparôi	ῥῠπᾰρᾷ rhuparâi	ῥῠπᾰρῷ rhuparôi		ῥῠπᾰροῖν rhuparoîn	ῥῠπᾰραῖν rhuparaîn	ῥῠπᾰροῖν rhuparoîn		ῥῠπᾰροῖς rhuparoîs	ῥῠπᾰραῖς rhuparaîs	ῥῠπᾰροῖς rhuparoîs
Accusative		ῥῠπᾰρόν rhuparón	ῥῠπᾰρᾱ́ν rhuparā́n	ῥῠπᾰρόν rhuparón		ῥῠπᾰρώ rhuparṓ	ῥῠπᾰρᾱ́ rhuparā́	ῥῠπᾰρώ rhuparṓ		ῥῠπᾰρούς rhuparoús	ῥῠπᾰρᾱ́ς rhuparā́s	ῥῠπᾰρᾰ́ rhupará
Vocative		ῥῠπᾰρέ rhuparé	ῥῠπᾰρᾱ́ rhuparā́	ῥῠπᾰρόν rhuparón		ῥῠπᾰρώ rhuparṓ	ῥῠπᾰρᾱ́ rhuparā́	ῥῠπᾰρώ rhuparṓ		ῥῠπᾰροί rhuparoí	ῥῠπᾰραί rhuparaí	ῥῠπᾰρᾰ́ rhupará
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ῥῠπᾰρῶς rhuparôs				ῥῠπᾰρώτερος rhuparṓteros				ῥῠπᾰρώτᾰτος rhuparṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ῥυπαρεύομαι (rhupareúomai)
• ῥυπαρία (rhuparía)
• ῥυπαρόβιος (rhuparóbios)
• ῥυπαρόγραφος (rhuparógraphos)
• ῥυπαροκέραμος (rhuparokéramos)
• ῥυπαρομέλας (rhuparomélas)
• ῥυπαρότης (rhuparótēs)
• ῥυπαροφάγος (rhuparophágos)
• ῥυπαροφορέω (rhuparophoréō)
• ῥυπαροφόρος (rhuparophóros)

 

Further reading

• “ῥυπαρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ῥυπαρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette