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Ancient Greek
Etymology
The form *ὀπά-ϝων (*opá-wōn, “belonging to the retinue”) is derived from *ὀπά (*opá, “followers, retinue”), a verbal noun from ἕπομαι (hépomai, “to follow, obey”), which is from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”). The psilosis is also found in ὀπάζω (opázō, “to chase, oppress”). Confront synonymous κοινών (koinṓn, “partner, companion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.pǎː.ɔːn/ → /oˈpa.on/ → /oˈpa.on/
Noun
ὀπᾱ́ων • (opā́ōn) m (genitive ὀπᾱ́ονος); third declension
- comrade in war, companion, esquire
- Synonym: θεράπων (therápōn)
- (in general) follower, attendant
Declension
Further reading
- “ὀπάων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὀπάων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ὀπάων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ὀπάων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ὀπάων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- 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