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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From γλαυκός (glaukós, “gleaming, grayish”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”) + -ις (-is, feminine adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡlau̯.kɔ̂ː.pis/ → /ɣlaɸˈko.pis/ → /ɣlafˈko.pis/
Adjective
γλαυκῶπις • (glaukôpis)
- (Homeric epithet of Athena) bright-eyed
800 BCE – 600 BCE,
Homer,
Odyssey 1.44:
- τὸν δ’ ἠμείβετ’ ἔπειτα θεὰ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη·
- tòn d’ ēmeíbet’ épeita theà glaukôpis Athḗnē;
- Then the bright-eyed goddess Athena answered him:
Inflection
γλαυκῶπῐς
glaukôpis
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γλαυκώπῐδος
glaukṓpidos
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γλαυκώπῐδῐ
glaukṓpidi
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γλαυκώπιδᾰ / γλαυκῶπιν
glaukṓpida / glaukôpin
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γλαυκῶπῐς
glaukôpis
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- Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
- Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.
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References
- “γλαυκῶπις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γλαυκῶπις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “γλαυκῶπις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- γλαυκῶπις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γλαυκῶπις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- γλαυκῶπις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “γλαυκῶπις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.