Παρθενοπαῖος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from παρθένος + ὄψ + -αῖος?”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /par.tʰe.no.pâi̯.os/ → /par.θe.noˈpɛ.os/ → /par.θe.noˈpe.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /par.tʰe.no.pâi̯.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /par.tʰe.noˈpɛ.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /par.θe.noˈpɛ.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /par.θe.noˈpe.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /par.θe.noˈpe.os/

Proper noun

Παρθενοπαῖος • (Parthenopaîos) m (genitive Παρθενοπαίου); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Parthenopaeus
   • 467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 547, (English translation (1926) by Herbert Weir Smyth @perseus.tufts.edu):

     βλάστημα καλλίπρῳρον, ἀνδρόπαις ἀνήρ:
     στείχει δ’ ἴουλος ἄρτι διὰ παρηίδων,
     ὥρας φυούσης, ταρφὺς ἀντέλλουσα θρίξ.
     ὁ δ’ ὠμόν, οὔτι παρθένων ἐπώνυμον,
     […] Παρθενοπαῖος Ἀρκάς: ὁ δὲ τοιόσδ’ ἀνὴρ

     blástēma kallíprōiron, andrópais anḗr:
     steíkhei d’ íoulos árti dià parēídōn,
     hṓras phuoúsēs, tarphùs antéllousa thríx.
     ho d’ ōmón, oúti parthénōn epṓnumon,
     […] Parthenopaîos Arkás: ho dè toiósd’ anḕr

     beautiful child, […] half man, half boy,
     and his beard's first growth is just now advancing on his cheeks, his youth in first bloom, thick, upspringing hair.
     But now he makes his advance with a savage heart and a terrifying look, not at all like the maidens he's named for.
     […] he is Parthenopaeus of Arcadia. Such is the man,

     The epsilon Παρθενοπαῖος here is pronounced long, not short, for metric reasons.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Παρθενοπαῖος; τοῦ Παρθενοπαίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Παρθενοπαῖος ho Parthenopaîos
Genitive	τοῦ Παρθενοπαίου toû Parthenopaíou
Dative	τῷ Παρθενοπαίῳ tôi Parthenopaíōi
Accusative	τὸν Παρθενοπαῖον tòn Parthenopaîon
Vocative	Παρθενοπαῖε Parthenopaîe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Παρθενόπη f (Parthenópē, “Parthenope”)

Descendants

• Greek: Παρθενοπαίος (Parthenopaíos)
• Latin: Parthenopaeus

References

• “Παρθενοπαῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,020