Rhodope

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ῥοδόπη (Rhodópē).

Proper noun

Rhodope f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rhodopidae.

References

• Rhodopidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rhodope on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Rhodopidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Rhodope at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Rhodope at World Register of Marine Species

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥοδόπη (Rhodópē).

Proper noun

Rhodope

1. A woman in Greek mythology.
2. Rhodopes

Translations

woman in Greek mythology

Rhodopes — see Rhodopes

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥοδόπη (Rhodópē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈro.do.peː/, [ˈrɔd̪ɔpeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈro.do.pe/, [ˈrɔːd̪ope]

Proper noun

Rhodopē f sg (genitive Rhodopēs); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) The mythical wife of Haemus
2. A mountain chain forming the frontier between Thrace and Macedonia

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Rhodopē
genitive	Rhodopēs
dative	Rhodopae
accusative	Rhodopēn
ablative	Rhodopē
vocative	Rhodopē

Related terms

• Rhodopēius
• Rhodopēus

References

• “Rhodope”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Rhodope in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Rhodope”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly