Ῥοδόπη
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From a Thracian hydronym *Rudupa (“red river”). Compare with river-names in Lithuanian Rùdupė, Rũdupė; Latvian Rudupe; Samogitian Рудупя, Рудупъ.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥o.dó.pɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /roˈdo.pe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /roˈðo.pi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /roˈðo.pi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /roˈðo.pi/
Proper noun edit
Ῥοδόπη • (Rhodópē) f (genitive Ῥοδόπης); first declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Ῥοδόπη hē Rhodópē | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Ῥοδόπης tês Rhodópēs | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Ῥοδόπῃ têi Rhodópēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Ῥοδόπην tḕn Rhodópēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ῥοδόπη Rhodópē | ||||||||||||
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The personal name does not take a definite article.
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Duridanov, Ivan Vasiliev (1985) Die Sprache der Thraker [The Language of the Thracians][1] (in German), Hieronymus Verlag, →ISBN, pages 41, 82,86