δορυδρέπανον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δόρυ (dóru, “spear, lance”) +‎ δρέπανον (drépanon, “scythe/sickle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /do.ry.dré.pa.non/ → /ðo.ryˈðre.pa.non/ → /ðo.riˈðre.pa.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /do.ry.dré.pa.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /do.ryˈdre.pa.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðo.ryˈðre.pa.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðo.ryˈðre.pa.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðo.riˈðre.pa.non/

Noun

δορῠδρέπᾰνον • (dorŭdrépănon) n (genitive δορῠδρεπᾰ́νου); second declension

1. kind of halbert used for cutting off halyards in sea-fights

Declension

Second declension of τὸ δορῠδρέπᾰνον; τοῦ δορῠδρεπᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ δορῠδρέπᾰνον tò dorŭdrépănon	τὼ δορῠδρεπᾰ́νω tṑ dorŭdrepắnō	τᾰ̀ δορῠδρέπᾰνᾰ tằ dorŭdrépănă
Genitive	τοῦ δορῠδρεπᾰ́νου toû dorŭdrepắnou	τοῖν δορῠδρεπᾰ́νοιν toîn dorŭdrepắnoin	τῶν δορῠδρεπᾰ́νων tôn dorŭdrepắnōn
Dative	τῷ δορῠδρεπᾰ́νῳ tôi dorŭdrepắnōi	τοῖν δορῠδρεπᾰ́νοιν toîn dorŭdrepắnoin	τοῖς δορῠδρεπᾰ́νοις toîs dorŭdrepắnois
Accusative	τὸ δορῠδρέπᾰνον tò dorŭdrépănon	τὼ δορῠδρεπᾰ́νω tṑ dorŭdrepắnō	τᾰ̀ δορῠδρέπᾰνᾰ tằ dorŭdrépănă
Vocative	δορῠδρέπᾰνον dorŭdrépănon	δορῠδρεπᾰ́νω dorŭdrepắnō	δορῠδρέπᾰνᾰ dorŭdrépănă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “δορυδρέπανον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δορυδρέπανον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δορυδρέπανον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, Dorydrepanon