τολύπη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Maurice connects τυλυφάντης (tuluphántēs, “cushion-cover weaver”), assuming influence of κορύνη (korúnē) or τορύνη (torúnē) to account for the vocalism. Furnée compares Luwian [script needed] (taluppi, “clump of dough”). More recently, Melchert suggested a connection with Hittite [script needed] (tarupp, “to gather, collect”), with the rare variant [script needed] (talupp). According to Beekes, the word must belong to the Pre-Greek substrate, which must have spoken in large parts of Anatolia as well.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /to.lý.pɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /toˈly.pe̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /toˈly.pi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /toˈly.pi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /toˈli.pi/

Noun

τολῠ́πη • (tolŭ́pē) f (genitive τολῠ́πης); first declension

clew, ball of wool ready for spinning
Synonym: ἀγᾰθῐ́ς (agăthĭ́s)
ball of anything
globular cake
colocynth (Citrullus colocynthis)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ τολῠ́πη; τῆς τολῠ́πης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τολῠ́πη hē tolŭ́pē	τὼ τολῠ́πᾱ tṑ tolŭ́pā	αἱ τολῠ́παι hai tolŭ́pai
Genitive	τῆς τολῠ́πης tês tolŭ́pēs	τοῖν τολῠ́παιν toîn tolŭ́pain	τῶν τολῠπῶν tôn tolŭpôn
Dative	τῇ τολῠ́πῃ têi tolŭ́pēi	τοῖν τολῠ́παιν toîn tolŭ́pain	ταῖς τολῠ́παις taîs tolŭ́pais
Accusative	τὴν τολῠ́πην tḕn tolŭ́pēn	τὼ τολῠ́πᾱ tṑ tolŭ́pā	τᾱ̀ς τολῠ́πᾱς tā̀s tolŭ́pās
Vocative	τολῠ́πη tolŭ́pē	τολῠ́πᾱ tolŭ́pā	τολῠ́παι tolŭ́pai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

τολύπευμα (tolúpeuma)
τολυπευτικός (tolupeutikós)
τολυπεύω (tolupeúō)

References

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