εἰλίπους
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”) (compare ἐλῡ́ω (elū́ō, “to roll around”)) + πούς (poús, “foot”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eː.lí.puːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /iˈli.pus/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈli.pus/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈli.pus/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈli.pus/
Adjective
εἰλῐ́πους • (eilĭ́pous) m or f (neuter εἰλῐ́πουν); third declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | εἰλῐ́πους eilĭ́pous |
εἰλῐ́πουν eilĭ́poun |
εἰλῐ́ποδε eilĭ́pode |
εἰλῐ́ποδε eilĭ́pode |
εἰλῐ́ποδες eilĭ́podes |
εἰλῐ́ποδᾰ eilĭ́podă | ||||||||
| Genitive | εἰλῐ́ποδος eilĭ́podos |
εἰλῐ́ποδος eilĭ́podos |
εἰλῐπόδοιν eilĭpódoin |
εἰλῐπόδοιν eilĭpódoin |
εἰλῐπόδων eilĭpódōn |
εἰλῐπόδων eilĭpódōn | ||||||||
| Dative | εἰλῐ́ποδῐ eilĭ́podĭ |
εἰλῐ́ποδῐ eilĭ́podĭ |
εἰλῐπόδοιν eilĭpódoin |
εἰλῐπόδοιν eilĭpódoin |
εἰλῐ́ποσῐ / εἰλῐ́ποσῐν eilĭ́posĭ(n) |
εἰλῐ́ποσῐ / εἰλῐ́ποσῐν eilĭ́posĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | εἰλῐ́ποδᾰ eilĭ́podă |
εἰλῐ́πουν eilĭ́poun |
εἰλῐ́ποδε eilĭ́pode |
εἰλῐ́ποδε eilĭ́pode |
εἰλῐ́ποδᾰς eilĭ́podăs |
εἰλῐ́ποδᾰ eilĭ́podă | ||||||||
| Vocative | εἰλῐ́πους eilĭ́pous |
εἰλῐ́πουν eilĭ́poun |
εἰλῐ́ποδε eilĭ́pode |
εἰλῐ́ποδε eilĭ́pode |
εἰλῐ́ποδες eilĭ́podes |
εἰλῐ́ποδᾰ eilĭ́podă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| εἰλῐπόδως eilĭpódōs |
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Further reading
- “εἰλίπους”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- εἰλίπους in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- εἰλίπους in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “εἰλίπους”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press