θυμάλωψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Formation like αἱμάλωψ (haimálōps, “mass of blood, clot”) and νυκτάλωψ (nuktálōps, “night-blindness”). Since the present word has nothing to do with "seeing", we are probably dealing with a Pre-Greek suffix -λωψ. Confront also ἀγχίλωψ (ankhílōps) and αἰγίλωψ (aigílōps).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰyː.má.lɔːps/ → /θyˈma.lops/ → /θiˈma.lops/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰyː.má.lɔːps/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰyˈma.lops/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θyˈma.lops/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θyˈma.lops/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θiˈma.lops/

Noun

θῡμᾰ́λωψ • (thūmắlōps) m (genitive θῡμᾰ́λωπος); third declension

1. piece of burning wood or charcoal

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ θῡμᾰ́λωψ; τοῦ θῡμᾰ́λωπος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θῡμᾰ́λωψ ho thūmắlōps	τὼ θῡμᾰ́λωπε tṑ thūmắlōpe	οἱ θῡμᾰ́λωπες hoi thūmắlōpes
Genitive	τοῦ θῡμᾰ́λωπος toû thūmắlōpos	τοῖν θῡμᾰλώποιν toîn thūmălṓpoin	τῶν θῡμᾰλώπων tôn thūmălṓpōn
Dative	τῷ θῡμᾰ́λωπῐ tôi thūmắlōpĭ	τοῖν θῡμᾰλώποιν toîn thūmălṓpoin	τοῖς θῡμᾰ́λωψῐ / θῡμᾰ́λωψῐν toîs thūmắlōpsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν θῡμᾰ́λωπᾰ tòn thūmắlōpă	τὼ θῡμᾰ́λωπε tṑ thūmắlōpe	τοὺς θῡμᾰ́λωπᾰς toùs thūmắlōpăs
Vocative	θῡμᾰ́λωψ thūmắlōps	θῡμᾰ́λωπε thūmắlōpe	θῡμᾰ́λωπες thūmắlōpes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “θυμάλωψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θυμάλωψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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