διοπετής

See also: Διοπετής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Δῐοπετής (Diopetḗs)

Etymology

διο- (dio-, “Zeus”) +‎ -πετής (-petḗs, “one who falls”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.o.pe.tɛ̌ːs/ → /ði.o.peˈtis/ → /ði.o.peˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.o.pe.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.o.peˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.o.peˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.o.peˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.o.peˈtis/

Adjective

δῐοπετής • (diopetḗs) m or f (neuter δῐοπετές); third declension

1. (religion) Fallen from Zeus, from heaven
   • 413 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 977
   • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 2.66
   • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 2.71
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Numa Pompilius 13
   • Alciphron, Collected Works 3.59
   • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Icaromenippus 2
   • Aristopho 3
2. (Christianity) An image of the Ephesian Artemis which was supposed to have fallen from heaven
   • New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 19:35

Declension

Third declension of δῐοπετής; δῐοπετές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δῐοπετής diopetḗs	δῐοπετές diopetés		δῐοπετεῖ diopeteî	δῐοπετεῖ diopeteî		δῐοπετεῖς diopeteîs	δῐοπετῆ diopetê
Genitive		δῐοπετοῦς diopetoûs	δῐοπετοῦς diopetoûs		δῐοπετοῖν diopetoîn	δῐοπετοῖν diopetoîn		δῐοπετῶν diopetôn	δῐοπετῶν diopetôn
Dative		δῐοπετεῖ diopeteî	δῐοπετεῖ diopeteî		δῐοπετοῖν diopetoîn	δῐοπετοῖν diopetoîn		δῐοπετέσῐ / δῐοπετέσῐν diopetési(n)	δῐοπετέσῐ / δῐοπετέσῐν diopetési(n)
Accusative		δῐοπετῆ diopetê	δῐοπετές diopetés		δῐοπετεῖ diopeteî	δῐοπετεῖ diopeteî		δῐοπετεῖς diopeteîs	δῐοπετῆ diopetê
Vocative		δῐοπετές diopetés	δῐοπετές diopetés		δῐοπετεῖ diopeteî	δῐοπετεῖ diopeteî		δῐοπετεῖς diopeteîs	δῐοπετῆ diopetê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		δῐοπετῶς diopetôs			δῐοπετέστερος diopetésteros			δῐοπετέστᾰτος diopetéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• διιπετής (diipetḗs)

Descendants

• → Latin: diopetēs

Further reading

• “διοπετής”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• διοπετής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• διοπετής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G1356 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible