ἀλλοπίας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀλλοπίης (allopíēs) — Epic

Etymology

Perhaps from the same Pre-Greek root of ἀλάβης (alábēs) and ἔλλοψ (éllops). Compare also αὐλωπίας (aulōpías).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /al.lo.pí.aːs/ → /al.loˈpi.as/ → /a.loˈpi.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /al.lo.pí.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /al.loˈpi.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /al.loˈpi.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /al.loˈpi.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.loˈpi.as/

Noun

ἀλλοπίᾱς • (allopíās) m (genitive ἀλλοπίου); first declension

1. A species of tuna

Declension

First declension of ὁ ἀλλοπίᾱς; τοῦ ἀλλοπίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀλλοπίᾱς ho allopíās	τὼ ἀλλοπίᾱ tṑ allopíā	οἱ ἀλλοπίαι hoi allopíai
Genitive	τοῦ ἀλλοπίου toû allopíou	τοῖν ἀλλοπίαιν toîn allopíain	τῶν ἀλλοπιῶν / ἀλλοπιάων tôn allopiôn / allopiáōn
Dative	τῷ ἀλλοπίᾳ tôi allopíāi	τοῖν ἀλλοπίαιν toîn allopíain	τοῖς ἀλλοπίαις toîs allopíais
Accusative	τὸν ἀλλοπίᾱν tòn allopíān	τὼ ἀλλοπίᾱ tṑ allopíā	τοὺς ἀλλοπίᾱς toùs allopíās
Vocative	ἀλλοπίᾱ allopíā	ἀλλοπίᾱ allopíā	ἀλλοπίαι allopíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀλλοπίας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀλλοπίας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• 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