κνιπολόγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κνίψ (kníps, “insect”) +‎ λέγω (légō, “to gather, pick up”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kniː.po.ló.ɡos/ → /kni.poˈlo.ɣos/ → /kni.poˈlo.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kniː.po.ló.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kni.poˈlo.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kni.poˈlo.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kni.poˈlo.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kni.poˈlo.ɣos/

Noun

κνῑπολόγος • (knīpológos) m (genitive κνῑπολόγου); second declension

1. kind of woodpecker

Declension

Second declension of ὁ κνῑπολόγος; τοῦ κνῑπολόγου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κνῑπολόγος ho knīpológos	τὼ κνῑπολόγω tṑ knīpológō	οἱ κνῑπολόγοι hoi knīpológoi
Genitive	τοῦ κνῑπολόγου toû knīpológou	τοῖν κνῑπολόγοιν toîn knīpológoin	τῶν κνῑπολόγων tôn knīpológōn
Dative	τῷ κνῑπολόγῳ tôi knīpológōi	τοῖν κνῑπολόγοιν toîn knīpológoin	τοῖς κνῑπολόγοις toîs knīpológois
Accusative	τὸν κνῑπολόγον tòn knīpológon	τὼ κνῑπολόγω tṑ knīpológō	τοὺς κνῑπολόγους toùs knīpológous
Vocative	κνῑπολόγε knīpológe	κνῑπολόγω knīpológō	κνῑπολόγοι knīpológoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κνιπολόγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κνιπολόγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette