λοπός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λέπω (lépō, “to peel”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lo.pós/ → /loˈpos/ → /loˈpos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lo.pós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /loˈpos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /loˈpos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /loˈpos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /loˈpos/

Noun

λοπός • (lopós) m (genitive λοποῦ); second declension

1. peel; rind; skin; shell

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ λοπός; τοῦ λοποῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λοπός ho lopós	τὼ λοπώ tṑ lopṓ	οἱ λοποί hoi lopoí
Genitive	τοῦ λοποῦ toû lopoû	τοῖν λοποῖν toîn lopoîn	τῶν λοπῶν tôn lopôn
Dative	τῷ λοπῷ tôi lopôi	τοῖν λοποῖν toîn lopoîn	τοῖς λοποῖς toîs lopoîs
Accusative	τὸν λοπόν tòn lopón	τὼ λοπώ tṑ lopṓ	τοὺς λοπούς toùs lopoús
Vocative	λοπέ lopé	λοπώ lopṓ	λοποί lopoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of λοπός; λοποῦ (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	λοπός lopós	λοπώ lopṓ	λοποί lopoí
Genitive	λοποῦ / λοποῖο / λοπόο lopoû / lopoîo / lopóo	λοποῖῐν lopoîin	λοπῶν lopôn
Dative	λοπῷ lopôi	λοποῖῐν lopoîin	λοποῖσῐ / λοποῖσῐν / λοποῖς lopoîsi(n) / lopoîs
Accusative	λοπόν lopón	λοπώ lopṓ	λοπούς lopoús
Vocative	λοπέ lopé	λοπώ lopṓ	λοποί lopoí
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “λοπός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λοπός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “λοπός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• λοπός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• λοπός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Franco Montanari et al. (2015) Madeleine Goh and Chad Schroeder, editors, The Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 1253
• 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, page 871