Πηνελόπη
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Πηνελόπεια (Pēnelópeia) — Epic
Etymology
Apparently from πηνέλοψ (pēnélops, “a particolored duck”). The traditional association with πήνη (pḗnē, “thread, bobbin”) and ὤψ (ṓps, “face”) is a folk etymology based on the story of Penelope’s weaving and fails to explain the -ελ-.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pɛː.ne.ló.pɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pe̝.neˈlo.pe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pi.neˈlo.pi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pi.neˈlo.pi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pi.neˈlo.pi/
Proper noun
Πηνελόπη • (Pēnelópē) f (genitive Πηνελόπης); first declension
- a female given name, Penelope
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Πηνελόπη hē Pēnelópē | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Πηνελόπης tês Pēnelópēs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Πηνελόπῃ têi Pēnelópēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Πηνελόπην tḕn Pēnelópēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Πηνελόπη Pēnelópē | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021