ὀπωπή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὄπωπα (ópōpa, “to watch, observe”) +‎ -ή (-ḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.pɔː.pɛ̌ː/ → /o.poˈpi/ → /o.poˈpi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.pɔː.pɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.poˈpe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.poˈpi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.poˈpi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.poˈpi/

Noun

ὀπωπή • (opōpḗ) f (genitive ὀπωπῆς); first declension

1. (poetic) sight, view
2. outward appearance, aspect

   Synonym: ὄψις (ópsis)

3. sight, power of seeing
4. eyeball, eye-apple

Declension

First declension of ἡ ὀπωπή; τῆς ὀπωπῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὀπωπή hē opōpḗ	τὼ ὀπωπᾱ́ tṑ opōpā́	αἱ ὀπωπαί hai opōpaí
Genitive	τῆς ὀπωπῆς tês opōpês	τοῖν ὀπωπαῖν toîn opōpaîn	τῶν ὀπωπῶν tôn opōpôn
Dative	τῇ ὀπωπῇ têi opōpêi	τοῖν ὀπωπαῖν toîn opōpaîn	ταῖς ὀπωπαῖς taîs opōpaîs
Accusative	τὴν ὀπωπήν tḕn opōpḗn	τὼ ὀπωπᾱ́ tṑ opōpā́	τᾱ̀ς ὀπωπᾱ́ς tā̀s opōpā́s
Vocative	ὀπωπή opōpḗ	ὀπωπᾱ́ opōpā́	ὀπωπαί opōpaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὀπωπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὀπωπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὀπωπή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette