δρεπανίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δρᾰπενῐ́ς (drapenís)

Etymology

From δρεπᾰ́νη (drepánē, “sickle”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís), so called from the shape of its wings.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dre.pa.nís/ → /ðre.paˈnis/ → /ðre.paˈnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dre.pa.nís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dre.paˈnis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðre.paˈnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðre.paˈnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðre.paˈnis/

Noun

δρεπᾰνῐ́ς • (drepanís) f (genitive δρεπᾰνῐ́δος); third declension

1. Alpine swift (Tachymarptis melba)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ δρεπᾰνῐ́ς; τῆς δρεπᾰνῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δρεπᾰνῐ́ς hē drepanís	τὼ δρεπᾰνῐ́δε tṑ drepaníde	αἱ δρεπᾰνῐ́δες hai drepanídes
Genitive	τῆς δρεπᾰνῐ́δος tês drepanídos	τοῖν δρεπᾰνῐ́δοιν toîn drepanídoin	τῶν δρεπᾰνῐ́δων tôn drepanídōn
Dative	τῇ δρεπᾰνῐ́δῐ têi drepanídi	τοῖν δρεπᾰνῐ́δοιν toîn drepanídoin	ταῖς δρεπᾰνῐ́σῐ / δρεπᾰνῐ́σῐν taîs drepanísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν δρεπᾰνῐ́δᾰ tḕn drepanída	τὼ δρεπᾰνῐ́δε tṑ drepaníde	τᾱ̀ς δρεπᾰνῐ́δᾰς tā̀s drepanídas
Vocative	δρεπᾰνῐ́ς drepanís	δρεπᾰνῐ́δε drepaníde	δρεπᾰνῐ́δες drepanídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

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