δρύοψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δρῦς (drûs, “tree, timber, oak”) and the suffix -οψ (-ops).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /drý.ops/ → /ˈðry.ops/ → /ˈðri.ops/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /drý.ops/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdry.ops/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðry.ops/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðry.ops/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðri.ops/

Noun

δρύοψ • (drúops) m (genitive δρύοπος); third declension

1. woodpecker

   Synonym: δρῠοκολᾰ́πτης (druokoláptēs)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ δρῠ́οψ; τοῦ δρῠ́οπος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δρῠ́οψ ho drúops	τὼ δρῠ́οπε tṑ drúope	οἱ δρῠ́οπες hoi drúopes
Genitive	τοῦ δρῠ́οπος toû drúopos	τοῖν δρῠόποιν toîn druópoin	τῶν δρῠόπων tôn druópōn
Dative	τῷ δρῠ́οπῐ tôi drúopi	τοῖν δρῠόποιν toîn druópoin	τοῖς δρῠ́οψῐ / δρῠ́οψῐν toîs drúopsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν δρῠ́οπᾰ tòn drúopa	τὼ δρῠ́οπε tṑ drúope	τοὺς δρῠ́οπᾰς toùs drúopas
Vocative	δρῠ́οψ drúops	δρῠ́οπε drúope	δρῠ́οπες drúopes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “δρύοψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δρύοψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers