δρώψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Thought to be a compound *νρ-ώψ (*nr-ṓps, “with manly face”) from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”), but the absence of ἀ- (a-) is strange. According to Latte, it is a creation of the grammarians. Kuiper accepts the gloss as Pre-Greek, explaining ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos) as arising through prenasalization and prothetic vowel. Pisani considers this word Macedonian and connects it to τρέφω (tréphō, “to breed, bring up”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /drɔ̌ːps/ → /ðrops/ → /ðrops/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /drɔ̌ːps/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /drops/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðrops/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðrops/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðrops/

Noun

δρώψ • (drṓps)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man”).

Further reading

• “δρώψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δρώψ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Hesychius' Lexicon: δ