καλαῦροψ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κολλόροβον (kollórobon)

Etymology

Explained as an Aeolic compound "καλα-ϝροψ" by Schwyzer and Chantraine, but with unexplained second member. The comparison of the first member with Sanskrit शल (śala, “spear, staff”) or with κλάω (kláō, “to break”) must be forgotten. According to Beekes, it is a typical Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.lâu̯.rops/ → /kaˈla.βrops/ → /kaˈla.vrops/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.lâu̯.rops/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈlaw.rops/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈla.βrops/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈla.vrops/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈla.vrops/

Noun

κᾰλαῦροψ • (kălaûrops) f (genitive κᾰλαύροπος); third declension

1. shepherd's staff or crook, which was thrown so as to drive back the cattle

   Synonym: χαῖος (khaîos)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κᾰλαῦροψ; τῆς κᾰλαύροπος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰλαῦροψ hē kălaûrops	τὼ κᾰλαύροπε tṑ kălaúrope	αἱ κᾰλαύροπες hai kălaúropes
Genitive	τῆς κᾰλαύροπος tês kălaúropos	τοῖν κᾰλαυρόποιν toîn kălaurópoin	τῶν κᾰλαυρόπων tôn kălaurópōn
Dative	τῇ κᾰλαύροπῐ têi kălaúropĭ	τοῖν κᾰλαυρόποιν toîn kălaurópoin	ταῖς κᾰλαύροψῐ / κᾰλαύροψῐν taîs kălaúropsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κᾰλαύροπᾰ tḕn kălaúropă	τὼ κᾰλαύροπε tṑ kălaúrope	τᾱ̀ς κᾰλαύροπᾰς tā̀s kălaúropăs
Vocative	κᾰλαῦροψ kălaûrops	κᾰλαύροπε kălaúrope	κᾰλαύροπες kălaúropes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κᾰλαυρόπῐον (kălaurópĭon)

Further reading

• “καλαῦροψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “καλαῦροψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “καλαῦροψ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• καλαῦροψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• καλαῦροψ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• 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