Iopas

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iˈoː.paːs/, [iˈoːpäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈo.pas/, [iˈɔːpäs]

Proper noun

Iōpās m sg (genitive Iōpae); first declension

1. Iopas, a bard at the court of Dido
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.740–741:

     Cithara crinitus Iopas / personat aurata, docuit quem maximus Atlas.

     The hairy Iopas plucked [his] golden cithara, he taught what the greatest Atlas [taught].

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Iōpās
Genitive	Iōpae
Dative	Iōpae
Accusative	Iōpān
Ablative	Iōpā
Vocative	Iōpā

References

• Iopas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.