γλαυκῶπις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Bahuvrīhi compound of γλαυκός (glaukós, “gleaming, grayish”) +‎ ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”) +‎ -ῐς (-ĭs, feminine adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡlau̯.kɔ̂ː.pis/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡlaʍˈko.pis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣlaɸˈko.pis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣlafˈko.pis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣlafˈko.pis/

Adjective

γλαυκῶπῐς • (glaukôpĭs) m or f (neuter γλαυκώπῐδος); third declension

(Homeric epithet of Athena) bright-eyed
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.44:
  τὸν δ’ ἠμείβετ’ ἔπειτα θεὰ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη·
  tòn d’ ēmeíbet’ épeita theà glaukôpis Athḗnē;
  Then the bright-eyed goddess Athena answered him:

Inflection

Third declension of γλαυκῶπῐς; γλαυκῶπῐ (Epic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	γλαυκῶπῐς glaukôpĭs	γλαυκῶπῐ glaukôpĭ	γλαυκώπῐδε glaukṓpĭde	γλαυκώπῐδε glaukṓpĭde	γλαυκώπῐδες glaukṓpĭdes	γλαυκώπῐδᾰ glaukṓpĭdă
Genitive	γλαυκώπῐδος glaukṓpĭdos	γλαυκώπῐδος glaukṓpĭdos	γλαυκωπῐ́δοιν / γλαυκωπῐ́δοιῐν glaukōpĭ́doi(ĭ)n	γλαυκωπῐ́δοιν / γλαυκωπῐ́δοιῐν glaukōpĭ́doi(ĭ)n	γλαυκωπῐ́δων glaukōpĭ́dōn	γλαυκωπῐ́δων glaukōpĭ́dōn
Dative	γλαυκώπῐδῐ glaukṓpĭdĭ	γλαυκώπῐδῐ glaukṓpĭdĭ	γλαυκωπῐ́δοιν / γλαυκωπῐ́δοιῐν glaukōpĭ́doi(ĭ)n	γλαυκωπῐ́δοιν / γλαυκωπῐ́δοιῐν glaukōpĭ́doi(ĭ)n	γλαυκώπῐσῐ / γλαυκώπῐσῐν / γλαυκωπῐ́δεσῐ / γλαυκωπῐ́δεσῐν / γλαυκωπῐ́δεσσῐ / γλαυκωπῐ́δεσσῐν glaukṓpĭsĭ(n) / glaukōpĭ́desĭ(n) / glaukōpĭ́dessĭ(n)	γλαυκώπῐσῐ / γλαυκώπῐσῐν / γλαυκωπῐ́δεσῐ / γλαυκωπῐ́δεσῐν / γλαυκωπῐ́δεσσῐ / γλαυκωπῐ́δεσσῐν glaukṓpĭsĭ(n) / glaukōpĭ́desĭ(n) / glaukōpĭ́dessĭ(n)
Accusative	γλαυκώπῐδᾰ / γλαυκῶπῐν glaukṓpĭdă / glaukôpĭn	γλαυκῶπῐ glaukôpĭ	γλαυκώπῐδε glaukṓpĭde	γλαυκώπῐδε glaukṓpĭde	γλαυκώπῐδᾰς glaukṓpĭdăs	γλαυκώπῐδᾰ glaukṓpĭdă
Vocative	γλαυκῶπῐς glaukôpĭs	γλαυκῶπῐ glaukôpĭ	γλαυκώπῐδε glaukṓpĭde	γλαυκώπῐδε glaukṓpĭde	γλαυκώπῐδες glaukṓpĭdes	γλαυκώπῐδᾰ glaukṓpĭdă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

“γλαυκῶπις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“γλαυκῶπις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“γλαυκῶπις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
γλαυκῶπις in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
γλαυκῶπις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
γλαυκῶπις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
“γλαυκῶπις”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- gray-eyed idem, page 371.