Beekes dismisses a derivation from ὤψ (ṓps, “face”) and prefers to derive it from Pre-Greek, comparing other words ending in "-ωψ", like κύνωψ (kúnōps) and κώνωψ (kṓnōps).
μώλωψ • (mṓlōps) m (genitive μώλωπος); third declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ μώλωψ ho mṓlōps |
τὼ μώλωπε tṑ mṓlōpe |
οἱ μώλωπες hoi mṓlōpes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μώλωπος toû mṓlōpos |
τοῖν μωλώποιν toîn mōlṓpoin |
τῶν μωλώπων tôn mōlṓpōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μώλωπῐ tôi mṓlōpi |
τοῖν μωλώποιν toîn mōlṓpoin |
τοῖς μώλωψῐ / μώλωψῐν toîs mṓlōpsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν μώλωπᾰ tòn mṓlōpa |
τὼ μώλωπε tṑ mṓlōpe |
τοὺς μώλωπᾰς toùs mṓlōpas | ||||||||||
Vocative | μώλωψ mṓlōps |
μώλωπε mṓlōpe |
μώλωπες mṓlōpes | ||||||||||
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