δίοπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From διέπω (diépō, “I administer”) +‎ -ος (-os, noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dǐː.o.pos/ → /ˈði.o.pos/ → /ˈði.o.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dǐː.o.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.o.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.o.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.o.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈði.o.pos/

Noun

δίοπος • (díopos) m (genitive διόπου); second declension

1. commander
2. captain of a ship

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ δῑ́οπος; τοῦ δῑόπου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δῑ́οπος ho dī́opos	τὼ δῑόπω tṑ dīópō	οἱ δῑ́οποι hoi dī́opoi
Genitive	τοῦ δῑόπου toû dīópou	τοῖν δῑόποιν toîn dīópoin	τῶν δῑόπων tôn dīópōn
Dative	τῷ δῑόπῳ tôi dīópōi	τοῖν δῑόποιν toîn dīópoin	τοῖς δῑόποις toîs dīópois
Accusative	τὸν δῑ́οπον tòn dī́opon	τὼ δῑόπω tṑ dīópō	τοὺς δῑόπους toùs dīópous
Vocative	δῑ́οπε dī́ope	δῑόπω dīópō	δῑ́οποι dī́opoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• διοπεύω (diopeúō)

Descendants

• Greek: δίοπος (díopos)

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

δι- (di-, “two”) +‎ ὀπή (opḗ, “hole”) +‎ -ος (-os)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dí.o.pos/ → /ˈði.o.pos/ → /ˈði.o.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dí.o.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.o.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.o.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈði.o.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈði.o.pos/

Adjective

δίοπος • (díopos) m or f (neuter δίοπον); second declension

1. having two holes

Inflection

Second declension of δῐ́οπος; δῐ́οπον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δῐ́οπος díopos	δῐ́οπον díopon		δῐόπω diópō	δῐόπω diópō		δῐ́οποι díopoi	δῐ́οπᾰ díopa
Genitive		δῐόπου diópou	δῐόπου diópou		δῐόποιν diópoin	δῐόποιν diópoin		δῐόπων diópōn	δῐόπων diópōn
Dative		δῐόπῳ diópōi	δῐόπῳ diópōi		δῐόποιν diópoin	δῐόποιν diópoin		δῐόποις diópois	δῐόποις diópois
Accusative		δῐ́οπον díopon	δῐ́οπον díopon		δῐόπω diópō	δῐόπω diópō		δῐόπους diópous	δῐ́οπᾰ díopa
Vocative		δῐ́οπε díope	δῐ́οπον díopon		δῐόπω diópō	δῐόπω diópō		δῐ́οποι díopoi	δῐ́οπᾰ díopa
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		δῐόπως diópōs			δῐοπώτερος diopṓteros			δῐοπώτᾰτος diopṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “δίοπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δίοπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette