τολύπη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Maurice connects τυλυφάντης (tuluphántēs, “cushion-cover weaver”), assuming influence of κορύνη (korúnē) or τορύνη (torúnē) to account for the vocalism. Furnée compares Luwian (taluppi, “clump of dough”). More recently, Melchert suggested a connection with Hittite (tarupp, “to gather, collect”), with the rare variant (talupp). According to Beekes, the word must belong to the Pre-Greek substrate, which must have spoken in large parts of Anatolia as well.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /to.lý.pɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /toˈly.pe̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /toˈly.pi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /toˈly.pi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /toˈli.pi/

Noun

τολῠ́πη • (tolúpē) f (genitive τολῠ́πης); first declension

clew, ball of wool ready for spinning
Synonym: ἀγᾰθῐ́ς (agathís)
ball of anything
globular cake
colocynth (Citrullus colocynthis)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ τολῠ́πη; τῆς τολῠ́πης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τολῠ́πη hē tolúpē	τὼ τολῠ́πᾱ tṑ tolúpā	αἱ τολῠ́παι hai tolúpai
Genitive	τῆς τολῠ́πης tês tolúpēs	τοῖν τολῠ́παιν toîn tolúpain	τῶν τολῠπῶν tôn tolupôn
Dative	τῇ τολῠ́πῃ têi tolúpēi	τοῖν τολῠ́παιν toîn tolúpain	ταῖς τολῠ́παις taîs tolúpais
Accusative	τὴν τολῠ́πην tḕn tolúpēn	τὼ τολῠ́πᾱ tṑ tolúpā	τᾱ̀ς τολῠ́πᾱς tā̀s tolúpās
Vocative	τολῠ́πη tolúpē	τολῠ́πᾱ tolúpā	τολῠ́παι tolúpai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

τολύπευμα (tolúpeuma)
τολυπευτικός (tolupeutikós)
τολυπεύω (tolupeúō)

References

“τολύπη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“τολύπη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
τολύπη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN