δασύπους

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δασύς (dasús, “hairy, shaggy”) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /da.sý.puːs/ → /ðaˈsy.pus/ → /ðaˈsi.pus/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /da.sý.puːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /daˈsy.pus/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈsy.pus/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈsy.pus/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðaˈsi.pus/

Noun

δᾰσῠ́πους • (dăsŭ́pous) m (genitive δᾰσῠ́ποδος); third declension

1. European hare (Lepus europaeus)

   Synonyms: λαγώς (lagṓs), πτώξ (ptṓx)

2. European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

   Synonym: λεβηρίς (lebērís)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ δᾰσῠ́πους; τοῦ δᾰσῠ́ποδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δᾰσῠ́πους ho dăsŭ́pous	τὼ δᾰσῠ́ποδε tṑ dăsŭ́pode	οἱ δᾰσῠ́ποδες hoi dăsŭ́podes
Genitive	τοῦ δᾰσῠ́ποδος toû dăsŭ́podos	τοῖν δᾰσῠπόδοιν toîn dăsŭpódoin	τῶν δᾰσῠπόδων tôn dăsŭpódōn
Dative	τῷ δᾰσῠ́ποδῐ tôi dăsŭ́podĭ	τοῖν δᾰσῠπόδοιν toîn dăsŭpódoin	τοῖς δᾰσῠ́ποσῐ / δᾰσῠ́ποσῐν toîs dăsŭ́posĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν δᾰσῠ́ποδᾰ tòn dăsŭ́podă	τὼ δᾰσῠ́ποδε tṑ dăsŭ́pode	τοὺς δᾰσῠ́ποδᾰς toùs dăsŭ́podăs
Vocative	δᾰσῠ́πους dăsŭ́pous	δᾰσῠ́ποδε dăsŭ́pode	δᾰσῠ́ποδες dăsŭ́podes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• δασυπόδειος (dasupódeios)
• δασυπόδιον (dasupódion)

Descendants

• Greek: δασύπους (dasýpous)
• → Latin: dasypūs
  • → Translingual: Dasypus

Further reading

• “δασύπους”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δασύπους”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δασύπους in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δασύπους in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)

Greek

Etymology

From δᾰσῠ́πους (dăsŭ́pous, “rough-foot; hare”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ða.ˈsi.pus/

Noun

δασύπους • (dasýpous) m (plural δασύποδες)

1. armadillo

Declension

Declension of δασύπους

	singular	plural
nominative	δασύπους (dasýpous)	δασύποδες (dasýpodes)
genitive	δασύποδος (dasýpodos)	δασυπόδων (dasypódon)
accusative	δασύποδα (dasýpoda)	δασύποδες (dasýpodes)
vocative	-	-

Synonyms

• αρμαντίλλο n (armantíllo)

See also

• αρμαντίλλο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el