εἰλίπους

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”) (compare ἐλύω (elúō, “to roll around”)) + πούς (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eː.lí.puːs/ → /iˈli.pus/ → /iˈli.pus/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eː.lí.puːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈli.pus/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈli.pus/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈli.pus/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈli.pus/

Adjective

εἰλίπους • (eilípous) m or f (neuter εἰλίπουν); third declension

1. having a rolling gait (said mostly of cattle)

Declension

Third declension of εἰλίπους; εἰλίπουν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		εἰλίπους eilípous	εἰλίπουν eilípoun		εἰλῐ́ποδε eilípode	εἰλῐ́ποδε eilípode		εἰλῐ́ποδες eilípodes	εἰλῐ́ποδᾰ eilípoda
Genitive		εἰλῐ́ποδος eilípodos	εἰλῐ́ποδος eilípodos		εἰλῐπόδοιν eilipódoin	εἰλῐπόδοιν eilipódoin		εἰλῐπόδων eilipódōn	εἰλῐπόδων eilipódōn
Dative		εἰλῐ́ποδῐ eilípodi	εἰλῐ́ποδῐ eilípodi		εἰλῐπόδοιν eilipódoin	εἰλῐπόδοιν eilipódoin		εἰλῐ́ποσῐ / εἰλῐ́ποσῐν eilíposi(n)	εἰλῐ́ποσῐ / εἰλῐ́ποσῐν eilíposi(n)
Accusative		εἰλῐ́ποδᾰ eilípoda	εἰλίπουν eilípoun		εἰλῐ́ποδε eilípode	εἰλῐ́ποδε eilípode		εἰλῐ́ποδᾰς eilípodas	εἰλῐ́ποδᾰ eilípoda
Vocative		εἰλίπους eilípous	εἰλίπουν eilípoun		εἰλῐ́ποδε eilípode	εἰλῐ́ποδε eilípode		εἰλῐ́ποδες eilípodes	εἰλῐ́ποδᾰ eilípoda
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		εἰλῐπόδως eilipódōs			—			—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “εἰλίπους”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• εἰλίπους in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• εἰλίπους in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “εἰλίπους”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press