μέροψ
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See also: Μέροψ
Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The original meaning of the word is unknown. However, the suffix "-οψ", which is found also in δρύοψ (drúops) and πάρνοψ (párnops), is typical of Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mé.rops/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈme.rops/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈme.rops/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈme.rops/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈme.rops/
Noun[edit]
μέροψ • (mérops) m (genitive μέροπος); third declension
Declension[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ μέροψ ho mérops |
τὼ μέροπε tṑ mérope |
οἱ μέροπες hoi méropes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μέροπος toû méropos |
τοῖν μερόποιν toîn merópoin |
τῶν μερόπων tôn merópōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μέροπῐ tôi méropi |
τοῖν μερόποιν toîn merópoin |
τοῖς μέροψῐ / μέροψῐν toîs méropsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν μέροπᾰ tòn méropa |
τὼ μέροπε tṑ mérope |
τοὺς μέροπᾰς toùs méropas | ||||||||||
Vocative | μέροψ mérops |
μέροπε mérope |
μέροπες méropes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms[edit]
- μεροπήϊος (meropḗïos)
- μεροποσπόρος (meropospóros)
Descendants[edit]
- Translingual: Merops
Further reading[edit]
- “μέροψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μέροψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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- Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension
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