ἦνοψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Formation in -οψ but further unclear; originally *ϝῆν-οψ (*wên-ops). Compare αἶθοψ (aîthops) and νῶροψ (nôrops) which are also epithets of copper, but remain without clear interpretation.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̂ː.nops/ → /ˈi.nops/ → /ˈi.nops/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛ̂ː.nops/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe̝.nops/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.nops/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.nops/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.nops/

Adjective

ἦνοψ • (ênops) m or f (neuter ἦνοπος); third declension

1. gleaming, shining, glittering (epithet of copper and heaven)

Declension

Third declension of ἦνοψ; ἦνοψ (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἦνοψ ênops	ἦνοψ ênops		ἤνοπε ḗnope	ἤνοπε ḗnope		ἤνοπες ḗnopes	ἤνοπᾰ ḗnopa
Genitive		ἤνοπος ḗnopos	ἤνοπος ḗnopos		ἠνόποιν ēnópoin	ἠνόποιν ēnópoin		ἠνόπων ēnópōn	ἠνόπων ēnópōn
Dative		ἤνοπῐ ḗnopi	ἤνοπῐ ḗnopi		ἠνόποιν ēnópoin	ἠνόποιν ēnópoin		ἤνοψῐ / ἤνοψῐν ḗnopsi(n)	ἤνοψῐ / ἤνοψῐν ḗnopsi(n)
Accusative		ἤνοπᾰ ḗnopa	ἦνοψ ênops		ἤνοπε ḗnope	ἤνοπε ḗnope		ἤνοπᾰς ḗnopas	ἤνοπᾰ ḗnopa
Vocative		ἦνοψ ênops	ἦνοψ ênops		ἤνοπε ḗnope	ἤνοπε ḗnope		ἤνοπες ḗnopes	ἤνοπᾰ ḗnopa
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἠνόπως ēnópōs			—			—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἦνοψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἦνοψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἦνοψ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἦνοψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἦνοψ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• 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