διοπετής

See also: Διοπετής

Ancient Greek

διο- (dio-, “Zeus”) +‎ -πετής (-petḗs, “one who falls”)

δῐοπετής • (diopetḗs) m or f (neuter δῐοπετές); third declension

(religion) Fallen from Zeus, from heaven
- 413 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 977
- 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 2.66
- 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 2.71
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Numa Pompilius 13
- Alciphron, Collected Works 3.59
- 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Icaromenippus 2
- Aristopho 3
(Christianity) An image of the Ephesian Artemis which was supposed to have fallen from heaven
- New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 19:35

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	δῐοπετής diopetḗs	δῐοπετές diopetés	δῐοπετεῖ diopeteî	δῐοπετεῖ diopeteî	δῐοπετεῖς diopeteîs	δῐοπετῆ diopetê
Genitive	δῐοπετοῦς diopetoûs	δῐοπετοῦς diopetoûs	δῐοπετοῖν diopetoîn	δῐοπετοῖν diopetoîn	δῐοπετῶν diopetôn	δῐοπετῶν diopetôn
Dative	δῐοπετεῖ diopeteî	δῐοπετεῖ diopeteî	δῐοπετοῖν diopetoîn	δῐοπετοῖν diopetoîn	δῐοπετέσῐ / δῐοπετέσῐν diopetési(n)	δῐοπετέσῐ / δῐοπετέσῐν diopetési(n)
Accusative	δῐοπετῆ diopetê	δῐοπετές diopetés	δῐοπετεῖ diopeteî	δῐοπετεῖ diopeteî	δῐοπετεῖς diopeteîs	δῐοπετῆ diopetê
Vocative	δῐοπετές diopetés	δῐοπετές diopetés	δῐοπετεῖ diopeteî	δῐοπετεῖ diopeteî	δῐοπετεῖς diopeteîs	δῐοπετῆ diopetê
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	δῐοπετῶς diopetôs		δῐοπετέστερος diopetésteros		δῐοπετέστᾰτος diopetéstatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.