πιπώ
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFormation like ἀηδώ (aēdṓ) and τυτώ (tutṓ). Probably onomatopoeic like πιππίζω (pippízō, “to pipe, chirp”) and Sanskrit पिप्पका (pippakā, “kind of bird”). Compare also πῖπος (pîpos, “young piping bird”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /piː.pɔ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /piˈpo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /piˈpo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /piˈpo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piˈpo/
Noun
editπῑπώ • (pīpṓ) f (genitive πῑποῦς); third declension
- great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
- Synonym: πῐ́πρᾱ (píprā)
Inflection
editReferences
edit- “πιπώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πιπώ 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