πέμπελος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editGalen's explanation is a folk etymology based on the similarity with πέμπω (pémpō, “to send, dispatch”). Blanc proposed a reduplication πελ-πελ- from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“gray”), the same root of πελιός (peliós, “livid”) and πελιδνός (pelidnós, “pallid”). Anothery theory by Furnée links this adjective to Georgian პეპერა (ṗeṗera, “ancestor, forefather”), showing nasalization.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pém.pe.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpem.pe.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpem.pe.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpem.pe.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpem.be.los/
Adjective
editπέμπελος • (pémpelos) m or f (neuter πέμπελον); second declension
- old, aged
- Synonym: γηραιός (gēraiós)
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: στωμύλος (stōmúlos, “talkative”), λάλος (lálos, “loquacious”).
Declension
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | πέμπελος pémpelos |
πέμπελον pémpelon |
πεμπέλω pempélō |
πεμπέλω pempélō |
πέμπελοι pémpeloi |
πέμπελᾰ pémpela | ||||||||
Genitive | πεμπέλου pempélou |
πεμπέλου pempélou |
πεμπέλοιν pempéloin |
πεμπέλοιν pempéloin |
πεμπέλων pempélōn |
πεμπέλων pempélōn | ||||||||
Dative | πεμπέλῳ pempélōi |
πεμπέλῳ pempélōi |
πεμπέλοιν pempéloin |
πεμπέλοιν pempéloin |
πεμπέλοις pempélois |
πεμπέλοις pempélois | ||||||||
Accusative | πέμπελον pémpelon |
πέμπελον pémpelon |
πεμπέλω pempélō |
πεμπέλω pempélō |
πεμπέλους pempélous |
πέμπελᾰ pémpela | ||||||||
Vocative | πέμπελε pémpele |
πέμπελον pémpelon |
πεμπέλω pempélō |
πεμπέλω pempélō |
πέμπελοι pémpeloi |
πέμπελᾰ pémpela | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
πεμπέλως pempélōs |
πεμπελώτερος pempelṓteros |
πεμπελώτᾰτος pempelṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
edit- “πέμπελος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πέμπελος 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
- Hesychius' Lexicon: π