Ῥοδόπη

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From a Thracian hydronym *Rudupa (red river). Compare with river-names in Lithuanian Rùdupė, Rũdupė; Latvian Rudupe; Samogitian Рудупя, Рудупъ.[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ῥοδόπη (Rhodópēf (genitive Ῥοδόπης); first declension

  1. Rhodope, a woman in Greek mythology
  2. Rhodope Mountains

Inflection

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The personal name does not take a definite article.

Descendants

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  • Greek: Ροδόπη (Rodópi)
  • Bulgarian: Родопи (Rodopi), Родопа (Rodopa)
  • Latin: Rhodopē

References

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  1. ^ Duridanov, Ivan Vasiliev (1985) Die Sprache der Thraker [The Language of the Thracians]‎[1] (in German), Hieronymus Verlag, →ISBN, pages 41, 82,86

Further reading

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  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,024