δρεπανίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δρᾰπενῐ́ς (drăpenĭ́s)

Etymology

From δρεπᾰ́νη (drepắnē, “sickle”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s), so called from the shape of its wings.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dre.pa.nís/ → /ðre.paˈnis/ → /ðre.paˈnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dre.pa.nís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dre.paˈnis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðre.paˈnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðre.paˈnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðre.paˈnis/

Noun

δρεπᾰνῐ́ς • (drepănĭ́s) f (genitive δρεπᾰνῐ́δος); third declension

1. Alpine swift (Tachymarptis melba)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ δρεπᾰνῐ́ς; τῆς δρεπᾰνῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δρεπᾰνῐ́ς hē drepănĭ́s	τὼ δρεπᾰνῐ́δε tṑ drepănĭ́de	αἱ δρεπᾰνῐ́δες hai drepănĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς δρεπᾰνῐ́δος tês drepănĭ́dos	τοῖν δρεπᾰνῐ́δοιν toîn drepănĭ́doin	τῶν δρεπᾰνῐ́δων tôn drepănĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ δρεπᾰνῐ́δῐ têi drepănĭ́dĭ	τοῖν δρεπᾰνῐ́δοιν toîn drepănĭ́doin	ταῖς δρεπᾰνῐ́σῐ / δρεπᾰνῐ́σῐν taîs drepănĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν δρεπᾰνῐ́δᾰ tḕn drepănĭ́dă	τὼ δρεπᾰνῐ́δε tṑ drepănĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς δρεπᾰνῐ́δᾰς tā̀s drepănĭ́dăs
Vocative	δρεπᾰνῐ́ς drepănĭ́s	δρεπᾰνῐ́δε drepănĭ́de	δρεπᾰνῐ́δες drepănĭ́des
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.

Further reading

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