ἔλλοψ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἔλοψ (élops)

Etymology

Beekes suggest a Pre-Greek origin for this word in view of the variation λ/λλ. He further connects the word with ἀλλοπίας (allopías), hinting at a common word for a great fish.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /él.lops/ → /ˈel.lops/ → /ˈe.lops/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /él.lops/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈel.lops/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈel.lops/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈel.lops/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.lops/

Noun

ἔλλοψ • (éllops) m (genitive ἔλλοπος); third declension

1. fish in general

   Synonym: ἰχθύς (ikhthús)

2. European sea sturgeon (Acipenser sturio)
3. a kind of snake

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ἔλλοψ; τοῦ ἔλλοπος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἔλλοψ ho éllops	τὼ ἔλλοπε tṑ éllope	οἱ ἔλλοπες hoi éllopes
Genitive	τοῦ ἔλλοπος toû éllopos	τοῖν ἐλλόποιν toîn ellópoin	τῶν ἐλλόπων tôn ellópōn
Dative	τῷ ἔλλοπῐ tôi éllopi	τοῖν ἐλλόποιν toîn ellópoin	τοῖς ἔλλοψῐ / ἔλλοψῐν toîs éllopsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἔλλοπᾰ tòn éllopa	τὼ ἔλλοπε tṑ éllope	τοὺς ἔλλοπᾰς toùs éllopas
Vocative	ἔλλοψ éllops	ἔλλοπε éllope	ἔλλοπες éllopes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐλλοπιεύω (ellopieúō)

Descendants

• Latin: helops

Further reading

• “ἔλλοψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἔλλοψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔλλοψ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔλλοψ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 413-414