ὀφιοῦχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὄφις (óphis, “snake”) +‎ ἔχω (ékhō, “to bear, carry, bring”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.pʰi.ûː.kʰos/ → /o.ɸiˈu.xos/ → /o.fiˈu.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.pʰi.ûː.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.pʰiˈu.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.ɸiˈu.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.fiˈu.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.fiˈu.xos/

Noun

ὀφῐοῦχος • (ophioûkhos) m (genitive ὀφῐούχου); second declension

1. serpent handler
2. (astronomy) Ophiuchus, the constellation

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὀφῐοῦχος; τοῦ ὀφῐούχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὀφῐοῦχος ho ophioûkhos	τὼ ὀφῐούχω tṑ ophioúkhō	οἱ ὀφῐοῦχοι hoi ophioûkhoi
Genitive	τοῦ ὀφῐούχου toû ophioúkhou	τοῖν ὀφῐούχοιν toîn ophioúkhoin	τῶν ὀφῐούχων tôn ophioúkhōn
Dative	τῷ ὀφῐούχῳ tôi ophioúkhōi	τοῖν ὀφῐούχοιν toîn ophioúkhoin	τοῖς ὀφῐούχοις toîs ophioúkhois
Accusative	τὸν ὀφῐοῦχον tòn ophioûkhon	τὼ ὀφῐούχω tṑ ophioúkhō	τοὺς ὀφῐούχους toùs ophioúkhous
Vocative	ὀφῐοῦχε ophioûkhe	ὀφῐούχω ophioúkhō	ὀφῐοῦχοι ophioûkhoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὀφιούχεος (ophioúkheos)

Descendants

• → English: Ophiuchus

Further reading

• “ὀφιοῦχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὀφιοῦχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette