ὀπιδνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὄπῐς (ópĭs, “revenge”) +‎ -νός (-nós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.pi.dnós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.piˈdnos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.piˈðnos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.piˈðnos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.piˈðnos/

Adjective

ὀπιδνός • (opidnós) m (feminine ὀπιδνή, neuter ὀπιδνόν); first/second declension

dreadful, respectful

Inflection

First and second declension of ὀπιδνός; ὀπιδνή; ὀπιδνόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ὀπιδνός opidnós	ὀπιδνή opidnḗ	ὀπιδνόν opidnón	ὀπιδνώ opidnṓ	ὀπιδνᾱ́ opidnā́	ὀπιδνώ opidnṓ	ὀπιδνοί opidnoí	ὀπιδναί opidnaí	ὀπιδνᾰ́ opidnắ
Genitive	ὀπιδνοῦ opidnoû	ὀπιδνῆς opidnês	ὀπιδνοῦ opidnoû	ὀπιδνοῖν opidnoîn	ὀπιδναῖν opidnaîn	ὀπιδνοῖν opidnoîn	ὀπιδνῶν opidnôn	ὀπιδνῶν opidnôn	ὀπιδνῶν opidnôn
Dative	ὀπιδνῷ opidnôi	ὀπιδνῇ opidnêi	ὀπιδνῷ opidnôi	ὀπιδνοῖν opidnoîn	ὀπιδναῖν opidnaîn	ὀπιδνοῖν opidnoîn	ὀπιδνοῖς opidnoîs	ὀπιδναῖς opidnaîs	ὀπιδνοῖς opidnoîs
Accusative	ὀπιδνόν opidnón	ὀπιδνήν opidnḗn	ὀπιδνόν opidnón	ὀπιδνώ opidnṓ	ὀπιδνᾱ́ opidnā́	ὀπιδνώ opidnṓ	ὀπιδνούς opidnoús	ὀπιδνᾱ́ς opidnā́s	ὀπιδνᾰ́ opidnắ
Vocative	ὀπιδνέ opidné	ὀπιδνή opidnḗ	ὀπιδνόν opidnón	ὀπιδνώ opidnṓ	ὀπιδνᾱ́ opidnā́	ὀπιδνώ opidnṓ	ὀπιδνοί opidnoí	ὀπιδναί opidnaí	ὀπιδνᾰ́ opidnắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ὀπιδνῶς opidnôs			ὀπιδνότερος opidnóteros			ὀπιδνότᾰτος opidnótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“ὀπιδνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ὀπιδνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ὀπιδνός in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften