νέτωπον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μετώπιον (metṓpion), νετώπιον (netṓpion), νίωπον (níōpon)

Etymology

According to Lewy, it is a Semitic loan, confronting Hebrew נטף (naṭaf, “stacte”) and Aramaic נטופא (nātōpā, “drip; odoriferous resin”). However, the variations dental/zero and ε/ι could also point to a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /né.tɔː.pon/ → /ˈne.to.pon/ → /ˈne.to.pon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /né.tɔː.pon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈne.to.pon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈne.to.pon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈne.to.pon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈne.to.pon/

Noun

νέτωπον • (nétōpon) n (genitive νετώπου); second declension

1. oil of bitter almonds

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ νέτωπον; τοῦ νετώπου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ νέτωπον tò nétōpon	τὼ νετώπω tṑ netṓpō	τᾰ̀ νέτωπᾰ tà nétōpa
Genitive	τοῦ νετώπου toû netṓpou	τοῖν νετώποιν toîn netṓpoin	τῶν νετώπων tôn netṓpōn
Dative	τῷ νετώπῳ tôi netṓpōi	τοῖν νετώποιν toîn netṓpoin	τοῖς νετώποις toîs netṓpois
Accusative	τὸ νέτωπον tò nétōpon	τὼ νετώπω tṑ netṓpō	τᾰ̀ νέτωπᾰ tà nétōpa
Vocative	νέτωπον nétōpon	νετώπω netṓpō	νέτωπᾰ nétōpa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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