Αἰπύ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αἰπύς (aipús, “steep, towering”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯.pý/ → /ɛˈpy/ → /eˈpi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.pý/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛˈpy/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛˈpy/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpy/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpi/

Proper noun

Αἰπύ • (Aipú) n (genitive Αἰπέος); third declension

1. Aipy, Elis, Greece

Descendants

• → Latin: Aipy

Further reading

• Αἰπύ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Αἰπύ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Αἰπύ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)