γλαυκῶπις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γλαυκός (glaukós, “gleaming, grayish”) +‎ ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”) +‎ -ις (-is, feminine adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡlau̯.kɔ̂ː.pis/ → /ɣlaɸˈko.pis/ → /ɣlafˈko.pis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡlau̯.kɔ̂ː.pis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡlaʍˈko.pis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣlaɸˈko.pis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣlafˈko.pis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣlafˈko.pis/

Adjective

γλαυκῶπις • (glaukôpis)

1. (Homeric epithet of Athena) bright-eyed
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.44:

     τὸν δ’ ἠμείβετ’ ἔπειτα θεὰ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη·

     tòn d’ ēmeíbet’ épeita theà glaukôpis Athḗnē;

     Then the bright-eyed goddess Athena answered him:

Inflection

Third declension of γλαυκῶπῐς; γλαυκώπῐδος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	γλαυκῶπῐς glaukôpis
Genitive	γλαυκώπῐδος glaukṓpidos
Dative	γλαυκώπῐδῐ glaukṓpidi
Accusative	γλαυκώπιδᾰ / γλαυκῶπιν glaukṓpida / glaukôpin
Vocative	γλαυκῶπῐς glaukôpis
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

References

• “γλαυκῶπις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γλαυκῶπις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “γλαυκῶπις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• γλαυκῶπις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γλαυκῶπις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• γλαυκῶπις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “γλαυκῶπις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • gray-eyed idem, page 371.