καλαῦροψ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κολλόροβον (kollórobon)

Etymology

Explained as an Aeolic compound "καλα-ϝροψ" by Schwyzer and Chantraine, but with unexplained second member. The comparison of the first member with Sanskrit शल (śala, “spear, staff”) or with κλάω (kláō, “to break”) must be forgotten. According to Beekes, it is a typical Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.lâu̯.rops/ → /kaˈla.βrops/ → /kaˈla.vrops/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.lâu̯.rops/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈlaw.rops/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈla.βrops/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈla.vrops/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈla.vrops/

Noun

κᾰλαῦροψ • (kalaûrops) f (genitive κᾰλαύροπος); third declension

1. shepherd's staff or crook, which was thrown so as to drive back the cattle

   Synonym: χαῖος (khaîos)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κᾰλαῦροψ; τῆς κᾰλαύροπος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰλαῦροψ hē kalaûrops	τὼ κᾰλαύροπε tṑ kalaúrope	αἱ κᾰλαύροπες hai kalaúropes
Genitive	τῆς κᾰλαύροπος tês kalaúropos	τοῖν κᾰλαυρόποιν toîn kalaurópoin	τῶν κᾰλαυρόπων tôn kalaurópōn
Dative	τῇ κᾰλαύροπῐ têi kalaúropi	τοῖν κᾰλαυρόποιν toîn kalaurópoin	ταῖς κᾰλαύροψῐ / κᾰλαύροψῐν taîs kalaúropsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κᾰλαύροπᾰ tḕn kalaúropa	τὼ κᾰλαύροπε tṑ kalaúrope	τᾱ̀ς κᾰλαύροπᾰς tā̀s kalaúropas
Vocative	κᾰλαῦροψ kalaûrops	κᾰλαύροπε kalaúrope	κᾰλαύροπες kalaúropes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κᾰλαυρόπῐον (kalaurópion)

Further reading

• “καλαῦροψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “καλαῦροψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “καλαῦροψ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• καλαῦροψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• καλαῦροψ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• 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