λώπη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lep- (“to peel, flay”), like λέπω (lépō, “to skin, flay”) and λεπίς (lepís, “flake, scale”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lɔ̌ː.pɛː/ → /ˈlo.pi/ → /ˈlo.pi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɔ̌ː.pɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.pe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.pi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.pi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.pi/

Noun

λώπη • (lṓpē) f (genitive λώπης); first declension

1. covering, robe, mantle

Inflection

First declension of ἡ λώπη; τῆς λώπης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λώπη hē lṓpē	τὼ λώπᾱ tṑ lṓpā	αἱ λῶπαι hai lôpai
Genitive	τῆς λώπης tês lṓpēs	τοῖν λώπαιν toîn lṓpain	τῶν λωπῶν tôn lōpôn
Dative	τῇ λώπῃ têi lṓpēi	τοῖν λώπαιν toîn lṓpain	ταῖς λώπαις taîs lṓpais
Accusative	τὴν λώπην tḕn lṓpēn	τὼ λώπᾱ tṑ lṓpā	τᾱ̀ς λώπᾱς tā̀s lṓpās
Vocative	λώπη lṓpē	λώπᾱ lṓpā	λῶπαι lôpai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λώπιον (lṓpion)
• λωπιστός (lōpistós)
• λωποδυσία (lōpodusía)
• λωποδύτης (lōpodútēs)

 

Further reading

• “λώπη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λώπη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “λώπη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• λώπη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• λώπη 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