Ἰνωπός
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editPerhaps a combination of the same root as ἰνόω (inóō, “make strong; flow, pour”) and Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /iː.nɔː.pós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /i.noˈpos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.noˈpos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.noˈpos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.noˈpos/
Proper noun
editἸ̄νωπός • (Īnōpós) m (genitive Ἰ̄νωποῦ); second declension
- a fountain and river in the island of Delos, where Leto brought forth Apollo and Artemis (It is said to have risen and fallen at the same time with the Nile, and hence was supposed to be connected with it by a subterranean channel.)
- a building at the source of the river
Declension
editDerived terms
edit- Ἰ̄νωποφῠ́λᾰξ (Īnōpophúlax)
Descendants
edit- Latin: Īnōpus
References
edit- “Ἰνωπός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ἰνωπός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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