δρῶπαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *drep- (“to pluck”) and related to δρέπω (drépō, “to pluck, cut off”) and δρεπάνη (drepánē, “sickle”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /drɔ̂ː.paks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdro.paks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðro.paks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðro.paks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈðro.paks/
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ δρῶπᾰξ ho drôpax |
τὼ δρώπᾰκε tṑ drṓpake |
οἱ δρώπᾰκες hoi drṓpakes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ δρώπᾰκος toû drṓpakos |
τοῖν δρωπᾰ́κοιν toîn drōpákoin |
τῶν δρωπᾰ́κων tôn drōpákōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ δρώπᾰκῐ tôi drṓpaki |
τοῖν δρωπᾰ́κοιν toîn drōpákoin |
τοῖς δρώπᾰξῐ / δρώπᾰξῐν toîs drṓpaxi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν δρώπᾰκᾰ tòn drṓpaka |
τὼ δρώπᾰκε tṑ drṓpake |
τοὺς δρώπᾰκᾰς toùs drṓpakas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δρῶπᾰξ drôpax |
δρώπᾰκε drṓpake |
δρώπᾰκες drṓpakes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δρωπακίζω (drōpakízō)
- δρωπακισμός (drōpakismós)
- δρωπακιστέον (drōpakistéon)
- δρωπακιστής (drōpakistḗs)
- δρωπακιστός (drōpakistós)
- δρωπακίστρια (drōpakístria)
Descendants
- → Latin: drōpax
Further reading
- “δρῶπαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δρῶπαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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