ὀφιοῦχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὄφις (óphis, “snake”) +‎ ἔχω (ékhō, “to bear, carry, bring”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.pʰi.ûː.kʰos/ → /o.ɸiˈu.xos/ → /o.fiˈu.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.pʰi.ûː.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.pʰiˈu.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.ɸiˈu.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.fiˈu.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.fiˈu.xos/

Noun

ὀφῐοῦχος • (ophĭoûkhos) m (genitive ὀφῐούχου); second declension

1. serpent handler
2. (astronomy) Ophiuchus, the constellation

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὀφῐοῦχος; τοῦ ὀφῐούχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὀφῐοῦχος ho ophĭoûkhos	τὼ ὀφῐούχω tṑ ophĭoúkhō	οἱ ὀφῐοῦχοι hoi ophĭoûkhoi
Genitive	τοῦ ὀφῐούχου toû ophĭoúkhou	τοῖν ὀφῐούχοιν toîn ophĭoúkhoin	τῶν ὀφῐούχων tôn ophĭoúkhōn
Dative	τῷ ὀφῐούχῳ tôi ophĭoúkhōi	τοῖν ὀφῐούχοιν toîn ophĭoúkhoin	τοῖς ὀφῐούχοις toîs ophĭoúkhois
Accusative	τὸν ὀφῐοῦχον tòn ophĭoûkhon	τὼ ὀφῐούχω tṑ ophĭoúkhō	τοὺς ὀφῐούχους toùs ophĭoúkhous
Vocative	ὀφῐοῦχε ophĭoûkhe	ὀφῐούχω ophĭoúkhō	ὀφῐοῦχοι ophĭoûkhoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὀφιούχεος (ophioúkheos)

Descendants

• → English: Ophiuchus

Further reading

• “ὀφιοῦχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὀφιοῦχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette