ὀπωροπώλης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ὀπώρᾱ (opṓrā, “fruit season; fruit”) +‎ -πώλης (-pṓlēs, “shop owner, retailer”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.pɔː.ro.pɔ̌ː.lɛːs/ → /o.po.roˈpo.lis/ → /o.po.roˈpo.lis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.pɔː.ro.pɔ̌ː.lɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.po.roˈpo.le̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.po.roˈpo.lis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.po.roˈpo.lis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.po.roˈpo.lis/

Noun

ὀπωροπώλης • (opōropṓlēs) m (genitive ὀπωροπώλου); first declension

1. fruiterer, greengrocer

Declension

First declension of ὁ ὀπωροπώλης; τοῦ ὀπωροπώλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὀπωροπώλης ho opōropṓlēs	τὼ ὀπωροπώλᾱ tṑ opōropṓlā	οἱ ὀπωροπῶλαι hoi opōropôlai
Genitive	τοῦ ὀπωροπώλου toû opōropṓlou	τοῖν ὀπωροπώλαιν toîn opōropṓlain	τῶν ὀπωροπωλῶν tôn opōropōlôn
Dative	τῷ ὀπωροπώλῃ tôi opōropṓlēi	τοῖν ὀπωροπώλαιν toîn opōropṓlain	τοῖς ὀπωροπώλαις toîs opōropṓlais
Accusative	τὸν ὀπωροπώλην tòn opōropṓlēn	τὼ ὀπωροπώλᾱ tṑ opōropṓlā	τοὺς ὀπωροπώλᾱς toùs opōropṓlās
Vocative	ὀπωροπώλη opōropṓlē	ὀπωροπώλᾱ opōropṓlā	ὀπωροπῶλαι opōropôlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: οπωροπώλης (oporopólis)

Further reading

• “ὀπωροπώλης”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ὀπωροπώλης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press