λυπρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λυπέω (lupéō, “to grieve”) +‎ -ρός (-rós). Compare also λυπηρός (lupērós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lyː.prós/ → /lyˈpros/ → /liˈpros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lyː.prós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lyˈpros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lyˈpros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lyˈpros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈpros/

Adjective

λῡπρός • (lūprós) m (feminine λῡπρᾱ́, neuter λῡπρόν); first/second declension

1. (of land, plants) worthless, wretched, poor
2. (of persons) causing pain, offensive
3. (of states and conditions) distressing, painful

Inflection

First and second declension of λῡπρός; λῡπρᾱ́; λῡπρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λῡπρός lūprós	λῡπρᾱ́ lūprā́	λῡπρόν lūprón		λῡπρώ lūprṓ	λῡπρᾱ́ lūprā́	λῡπρώ lūprṓ		λῡπροί lūproí	λῡπραί lūpraí	λῡπρᾰ́ lūprá
Genitive		λῡπροῦ lūproû	λῡπρᾶς lūprâs	λῡπροῦ lūproû		λῡπροῖν lūproîn	λῡπραῖν lūpraîn	λῡπροῖν lūproîn		λῡπρῶν lūprôn	λῡπρῶν lūprôn	λῡπρῶν lūprôn
Dative		λῡπρῷ lūprôi	λῡπρᾷ lūprâi	λῡπρῷ lūprôi		λῡπροῖν lūproîn	λῡπραῖν lūpraîn	λῡπροῖν lūproîn		λῡπροῖς lūproîs	λῡπραῖς lūpraîs	λῡπροῖς lūproîs
Accusative		λῡπρόν lūprón	λῡπρᾱ́ν lūprā́n	λῡπρόν lūprón		λῡπρώ lūprṓ	λῡπρᾱ́ lūprā́	λῡπρώ lūprṓ		λῡπρούς lūproús	λῡπρᾱ́ς lūprā́s	λῡπρᾰ́ lūprá
Vocative		λῡπρέ lūpré	λῡπρᾱ́ lūprā́	λῡπρόν lūprón		λῡπρώ lūprṓ	λῡπρᾱ́ lūprā́	λῡπρώ lūprṓ		λῡπροί lūproí	λῡπραί lūpraí	λῡπρᾰ́ lūprá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		λῡπρῶς lūprôs				λῡπρότερος lūpróteros				λῡπρότᾰτος lūprótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λυπρόβιος (lupróbios)
• λυπρογέως (luprogéōs)
• λυπρότης (luprótēs)
• λυπρόχωρος (luprókhōros)

 

Further reading

• “λυπρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λυπρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “λυπρός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• λυπρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• λυπρός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963