ἔλλοψ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἔλοψ (élops)
ἔλαψ (élaps)

Etymology

Beekes suggest a Pre-Greek origin for this word in view of the variation λ/λλ. He further connects the word with ἀλλοπίας (allopías), hinting at a common word for a great fish.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /él.lops/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈel.lops/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈel.lops/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈel.lops/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.lops/

Noun

ἔλλοψ • (éllops) m (genitive ἔλλοπος); third declension

fish in general
Synonym: ἰχθύς (ikhthús)
European sea sturgeon (Acipenser sturio)
a kind of snake

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ἔλλοψ; τοῦ ἔλλοπος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἔλλοψ ho éllops	τὼ ἔλλοπε tṑ éllope	οἱ ἔλλοπες hoi éllopes
Genitive	τοῦ ἔλλοπος toû éllopos	τοῖν ἐλλόποιν toîn ellópoin	τῶν ἐλλόπων tôn ellópōn
Dative	τῷ ἔλλοπῐ tôi éllopi	τοῖν ἐλλόποιν toîn ellópoin	τοῖς ἔλλοψῐ / ἔλλοψῐν toîs éllopsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἔλλοπᾰ tòn éllopa	τὼ ἔλλοπε tṑ éllope	τοὺς ἔλλοπᾰς toùs éllopas
Vocative	ἔλλοψ éllops	ἔλλοπε éllope	ἔλλοπες éllopes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἐλλοπιεύω (ellopieúō)

Descendants

→ Latin: helops

“ἔλλοψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἔλλοψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἔλλοψ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔλλοψ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 413-414