πιπώ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Formation 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

 

• IPA^(key): /piː.pɔ̌ː/ → /piˈpo/ → /piˈpo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /piː.pɔ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /piˈpo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /piˈpo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /piˈpo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈpo/

Noun

πῑπώ • (pīpṓ) f (genitive πῑποῦς); third declension

1. great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)

   Synonym: πῐ́πρᾱ (píprā)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πῑπώ; τῆς πῑποῦς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ πῑπώ hē pīpṓ
Genitive	τῆς πῑποῦς tês pīpoûs
Dative	τῇ πῑποῖ têi pīpoî
Accusative	τὴν πῑπώ tḕn pīpṓ
Vocative	πῑποῖ pīpoî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “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