Ἄτροπος

See also: ἄτροπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Substantivized from ᾰ̓́τροπος (ắtropos, “unchangeable”). Although -ος was a common ending for masculine nouns and names, it was the feminine ending for many compound adjectives too.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.tro.pos/ → /ˈa.tro.pos/ → /ˈa.tro.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.tro.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tro.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tro.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tro.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tro.pos/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓́τροπος • (Ắtropos) f (genitive Ᾰ̓τρόπου); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Atropos
   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 905

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Ᾰ̓́τροπος; τῆς Ᾰ̓τρόπου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ᾰ̓́τροπος hē Ắtropos
Genitive	τῆς Ᾰ̓τρόπου tês Ătrópou
Dative	τῇ Ᾰ̓τρόπῳ têi Ătrópōi
Accusative	τὴν Ᾰ̓́τροπον tḕn Ắtropon
Vocative	Ᾰ̓́τροπε Ắtrope
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Άτροπος (Átropos)
• → Latin: Atropos

See also

• Κλωθώ (Klōthṓ)
• Λάχεσις (Lákhesis)

Further reading

• “Ἄτροπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ἄτροπος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003