ῥυπαρός

See also: ρυπαρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥῠ́π(ος) (rhŭ́p(os)) +‎ -αρός (-arós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥y.pa.rós/ → /ry.paˈros/ → /ri.paˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥y.pa.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ry.paˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ry.paˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ry.paˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ri.paˈros/

Adjective

ῥῠπᾰρός • (rhŭpărós) m (feminine ῥῠπᾰρᾱ́, neuter ῥῠπᾰρόν); first/second declension

1. filthy, dirty, greasy, unpurged
2. sordid, mean, uncultured
3. made of base metal (of coins)

Inflection

First and second declension of ῥῠπᾰρός; ῥῠπᾰρᾱ́; ῥῠπᾰρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ῥῠπᾰρός rhŭpărós	ῥῠπᾰρᾱ́ rhŭpărā́	ῥῠπᾰρόν rhŭpărón		ῥῠπᾰρώ rhŭpărṓ	ῥῠπᾰρᾱ́ rhŭpărā́	ῥῠπᾰρώ rhŭpărṓ		ῥῠπᾰροί rhŭpăroí	ῥῠπᾰραί rhŭpăraí	ῥῠπᾰρᾰ́ rhŭpărắ
Genitive		ῥῠπᾰροῦ rhŭpăroû	ῥῠπᾰρᾶς rhŭpărâs	ῥῠπᾰροῦ rhŭpăroû		ῥῠπᾰροῖν rhŭpăroîn	ῥῠπᾰραῖν rhŭpăraîn	ῥῠπᾰροῖν rhŭpăroîn		ῥῠπᾰρῶν rhŭpărôn	ῥῠπᾰρῶν rhŭpărôn	ῥῠπᾰρῶν rhŭpărôn
Dative		ῥῠπᾰρῷ rhŭpărôi	ῥῠπᾰρᾷ rhŭpărâi	ῥῠπᾰρῷ rhŭpărôi		ῥῠπᾰροῖν rhŭpăroîn	ῥῠπᾰραῖν rhŭpăraîn	ῥῠπᾰροῖν rhŭpăroîn		ῥῠπᾰροῖς rhŭpăroîs	ῥῠπᾰραῖς rhŭpăraîs	ῥῠπᾰροῖς rhŭpăroîs
Accusative		ῥῠπᾰρόν rhŭpărón	ῥῠπᾰρᾱ́ν rhŭpărā́n	ῥῠπᾰρόν rhŭpărón		ῥῠπᾰρώ rhŭpărṓ	ῥῠπᾰρᾱ́ rhŭpărā́	ῥῠπᾰρώ rhŭpărṓ		ῥῠπᾰρούς rhŭpăroús	ῥῠπᾰρᾱ́ς rhŭpărā́s	ῥῠπᾰρᾰ́ rhŭpărắ
Vocative		ῥῠπᾰρέ rhŭpăré	ῥῠπᾰρᾱ́ rhŭpărā́	ῥῠπᾰρόν rhŭpărón		ῥῠπᾰρώ rhŭpărṓ	ῥῠπᾰρᾱ́ rhŭpărā́	ῥῠπᾰρώ rhŭpărṓ		ῥῠπᾰροί rhŭpăroí	ῥῠπᾰραί rhŭpăraí	ῥῠπᾰρᾰ́ rhŭpărắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ῥῠπᾰρῶς rhŭpărôs				ῥῠπᾰρώτερος rhŭpărṓteros				ῥῠπᾰρώτᾰτος rhŭpărṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ῥῠπᾰρεύομαι (rhŭpăreúomai)
• ῥῠπαρῐ́ᾱ (rhŭparĭ́ā)
• ῥῠπᾰρόβῐος (rhŭpăróbĭos)
• ῥῠπᾰρογρᾰ́φος (rhŭpărogrắphos)
• ῥῠπᾰροκέρᾰμος (rhŭpărokérămos)
• ῥῠπᾰρομέλας (rhŭpăromélas)
• ῥῠπᾰρότης (rhŭpărótēs)
• ῥῠπᾰροφᾰ́γος (rhŭpărophắgos)
• ῥῠπᾰροφορέω (rhŭpărophoréō)
• ῥῠπᾰροφόρος (rhŭpărophóros)

Further reading

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