διοπετής

See also: Διοπετής

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Δῐοπετής (Dĭopetḗs)

Etymology

διο- (dio-, “Zeus”) +‎ -πετής (-petḗs, “one who falls”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.o.pe.tɛ̌ːs/ → /ði.o.peˈtis/ → /ði.o.peˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.o.pe.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.o.peˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.o.peˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.o.peˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.o.peˈtis/

Adjective

δῐοπετής • (dĭopetḗs) m or f (neuter δῐοπετές); third declension

1. (religion) Fallen from Zeus, from heaven
   • 413 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 977
   • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 2.66
   • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 2.71
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Numa Pompilius 13
   • Alciphron, Collected Works 3.59
   • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Icaromenippus 2
   • Aristopho 3
2. (Christianity) An image of the Ephesian Artemis which was supposed to have fallen from heaven
   • New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 19:35

Declension

Third declension of δῐοπετής; δῐοπετές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δῐοπετής dĭopetḗs	δῐοπετές dĭopetés		δῐοπετεῖ dĭopeteî	δῐοπετεῖ dĭopeteî		δῐοπετεῖς dĭopeteîs	δῐοπετῆ dĭopetê
Genitive		δῐοπετοῦς dĭopetoûs	δῐοπετοῦς dĭopetoûs		δῐοπετοῖν dĭopetoîn	δῐοπετοῖν dĭopetoîn		δῐοπετῶν dĭopetôn	δῐοπετῶν dĭopetôn
Dative		δῐοπετεῖ dĭopeteî	δῐοπετεῖ dĭopeteî		δῐοπετοῖν dĭopetoîn	δῐοπετοῖν dĭopetoîn		δῐοπετέσῐ / δῐοπετέσῐν dĭopetésĭ(n)	δῐοπετέσῐ / δῐοπετέσῐν dĭopetésĭ(n)
Accusative		δῐοπετῆ dĭopetê	δῐοπετές dĭopetés		δῐοπετεῖ dĭopeteî	δῐοπετεῖ dĭopeteî		δῐοπετεῖς dĭopeteîs	δῐοπετῆ dĭopetê
Vocative		δῐοπετές dĭopetés	δῐοπετές dĭopetés		δῐοπετεῖ dĭopeteî	δῐοπετεῖ dĭopeteî		δῐοπετεῖς dĭopeteîs	δῐοπετῆ dĭopetê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		δῐοπετῶς dĭopetôs			δῐοπετέστερος dĭopetésteros			δῐοπετέστᾰτος dĭopetéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• διιπετής (diipetḗs)

Descendants

• → Latin: diopetēs

Further reading

• “διοπετής”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• διοπετής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• διοπετής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G1356 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible