δρύοψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δρῦς (drûs, “tree, timber, oak”) and the suffix -οψ (-ops).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /drý.ops/ → /ˈðry.ops/ → /ˈðri.ops/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /drý.ops/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdry.ops/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðry.ops/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðry.ops/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðri.ops/

Noun

δρύοψ • (drúops) m (genitive δρύοπος); third declension

1. woodpecker

   Synonym: δρῠοκολᾰ́πτης (drŭokolắptēs)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ δρῠ́οψ; τοῦ δρῠ́οπος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δρῠ́οψ ho drŭ́ops	τὼ δρῠ́οπε tṑ drŭ́ope	οἱ δρῠ́οπες hoi drŭ́opes
Genitive	τοῦ δρῠ́οπος toû drŭ́opos	τοῖν δρῠόποιν toîn drŭópoin	τῶν δρῠόπων tôn drŭópōn
Dative	τῷ δρῠ́οπῐ tôi drŭ́opĭ	τοῖν δρῠόποιν toîn drŭópoin	τοῖς δρῠ́οψῐ / δρῠ́οψῐν toîs drŭ́opsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν δρῠ́οπᾰ tòn drŭ́opă	τὼ δρῠ́οπε tṑ drŭ́ope	τοὺς δρῠ́οπᾰς toùs drŭ́opăs
Vocative	δρῠ́οψ drŭ́ops	δρῠ́οπε drŭ́ope	δρῠ́οπες drŭ́opes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “δρύοψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δρύοψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers