πηνέλοψ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πᾱνέλοψ (pānélops) — Doric

Etymology

The formation is similar to δρύοψ (drúops) and πάρνοψ (párnops). The suffix "-οψ" is typical of Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɛː.né.lops/ → /piˈne.lops/ → /piˈne.lops/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pɛː.né.lops/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe̝ˈne.lops/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /piˈne.lops/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /piˈne.lops/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈne.lops/

Noun

πηνέλοψ • (pēnélops) m (genitive πηνέλοπος); third declension

1. kind of particoloured duck

Declension

Third declension of ὁ πηνέλοψ; τοῦ πηνέλοπος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πηνέλοψ ho pēnélops	τὼ πηνέλοπε tṑ pēnélope	οἱ πηνέλοπες hoi pēnélopes
Genitive	τοῦ πηνέλοπος toû pēnélopos	τοῖν πηνελόποιν toîn pēnelópoin	τῶν πηνελόπων tôn pēnelópōn
Dative	τῷ πηνέλοπῐ tôi pēnélopi	τοῖν πηνελόποιν toîn pēnelópoin	τοῖς πηνέλοψῐ / πηνέλοψῐν toîs pēnélopsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν πηνέλοπᾰ tòn pēnélopa	τὼ πηνέλοπε tṑ pēnélope	τοὺς πηνέλοπᾰς toùs pēnélopas
Vocative	πηνέλοψ pēnélops	πηνέλοπε pēnélope	πηνέλοπες pēnélopes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Πηνελόπη (Pēnelópē)

Descendants

• Translingual: Penelope

Further reading

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