δοῦπος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γδοῦπος (gdoûpos) — poetic

Etymology

The word shows some resemblance to Latvian dupêtiês (“dead sound”) and Serbo-Croatian dűpiti (“to slay”), but the initial γδ- found in some compounds suggests a Pre-Greek origin. Compare Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dûː.pos/ → /ˈðu.pos/ → /ˈðu.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dûː.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðu.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðu.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðu.pos/

Noun

δοῦπος • (doûpos) m (genitive δούπου); second declension

1. thud, any dull and heavy sound

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ δοῦπος; τοῦ δούπου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δοῦπος ho doûpos	τὼ δούπω tṑ doúpō	οἱ δοῦποι hoi doûpoi
Genitive	τοῦ δούπου toû doúpou	τοῖν δούποιν toîn doúpoin	τῶν δούπων tôn doúpōn
Dative	τῷ δούπῳ tôi doúpōi	τοῖν δούποιν toîn doúpoin	τοῖς δούποις toîs doúpois
Accusative	τὸν δοῦπον tòn doûpon	τὼ δούπω tṑ doúpō	τοὺς δούπους toùs doúpous
Vocative	δοῦπε doûpe	δούπω doúpō	δοῦποι doûpoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βαρύγδουπος (barúgdoupos)
• δουπέω (doupéō)
• δουπήτωρ (doupḗtōr)
• ἐπίδουπος (epídoupos)
• ἐρίδουπος/ἐρίγδουπος (erídoupos/erígdoupos)
• μασίγδουπον (masígdoupon)
• μελίγδουπος (melígdoupos)

 

Further reading

• “δοῦπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δοῦπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δοῦπος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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