Παρθενοπαῖος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from παρθένος + ὄψ + -αῖος?”)
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /par.tʰe.no.pâi̯.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /par.tʰe.noˈpɛ.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /par.θe.noˈpɛ.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /par.θe.noˈpe.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /par.θe.noˈpe.os/
Proper noun
editΠαρθενοπαῖος • (Parthenopaîos) m (genitive Παρθενοπαίου); second declension
- (Greek mythology) Parthenopaeus
- 467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 547, (English translation (1926) by Herbert Weir Smyth @perseus.tufts.edu):
- βλάστημα καλλίπρῳρον, ἀνδρόπαις ἀνήρ:
στείχει δ’ ἴουλος ἄρτι διὰ παρηίδων,
ὥρας φυούσης, ταρφὺς ἀντέλλουσα θρίξ.
ὁ δ’ ὠμόν, οὔτι παρθένων ἐπώνυμον,
[…] Παρθενοπαῖος Ἀρκάς: ὁ δὲ τοιόσδ’ ἀνὴρ- blástēma kallíprōiron, andrópais anḗr:
steíkhei d’ íoulos árti dià parēídōn,
hṓras phuoúsēs, tarphùs antéllousa thríx.
ho d’ ōmón, oúti parthénōn epṓnumon,
[…] Parthenopaîos Arkás: ho dè toiósd’ anḕr - beautiful child, […] half man, half boy,
and his beard's first growth is just now advancing on his cheeks, his youth in first bloom, thick, upspringing hair.
But now he makes his advance with a savage heart and a terrifying look, not at all like the maidens he's named for.
[…] he is Parthenopaeus of Arcadia. Such is the man,
- blástēma kallíprōiron, andrópais anḗr:
- The epsilon Παρθενοπαῖος here is pronounced long, not short, for metric reasons.
- βλάστημα καλλίπρῳρον, ἀνδρόπαις ἀνήρ:
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Παρθενοπαῖος ho Parthenopaîos | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Παρθενοπαίου toû Parthenopaíou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Παρθενοπαίῳ tôi Parthenopaíōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Παρθενοπαῖον tòn Parthenopaîon | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Παρθενοπαῖε Parthenopaîe | ||||||||||||
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Related terms
edit- Παρθενόπη f (Parthenópē, “Parthenope”)
Descendants
edit- Greek: Παρθενοπαίος (Parthenopaíos)
- Latin: Parthenopaeus
References
edit- “Παρθενοπαῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,020
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