πάρνοψ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πόρνοψ (pórnops) — Aeolic
• κόρνοψ (kórnops) — Doric

Etymology

The formation is similar to δρύοψ (drúops), κώνωψ (kṓnōps) and σκάλοψ (skálops). The suffix is typical of Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pár.nops/ → /ˈpar.nops/ → /ˈpar.nops/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pár.nops/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.nops/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.nops/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.nops/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.nops/

Noun

πάρνοψ • (párnops) m (genitive πάρνοπος); third declension

1. a kind of locust

Declension

Third declension of ὁ πᾰ́ρνοψ; τοῦ πᾰ́ρνοπος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πᾰ́ρνοψ ho párnops	τὼ πᾰ́ρνοπε tṑ párnope	οἱ πᾰ́ρνοπες hoi párnopes
Genitive	τοῦ πᾰ́ρνοπος toû párnopos	τοῖν πᾰρνόποιν toîn parnópoin	τῶν πᾰρνόπων tôn parnópōn
Dative	τῷ πᾰ́ρνοπῐ tôi párnopi	τοῖν πᾰρνόποιν toîn parnópoin	τοῖς πᾰ́ρνοψῐ / πᾰ́ρνοψῐν toîs párnopsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν πᾰ́ρνοπᾰ tòn párnopa	τὼ πᾰ́ρνοπε tṑ párnope	τοὺς πᾰ́ρνοπᾰς toùs párnopas
Vocative	πᾰ́ρνοψ párnops	πᾰ́ρνοπε párnope	πᾰ́ρνοπες párnopes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Παρνόπιος (Parnópios)
• Παρνοπίων (Parnopíōn)

References

• “πάρνοψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πάρνοψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πάρνοψ 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