No convincing etymology. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)roupos- and cognate with Proto-Slavic *strupъ (“scab”).
ῥῠ́πος • (rhŭ́pos) m (genitive ῥύπου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ῥῠ́πος ho rhŭ́pos |
τὼ ῥῠ́πω tṑ rhŭ́pō |
οἱ ῥῠ́ποι hoi rhŭ́poi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ῥῠ́που toû rhŭ́pou |
τοῖν ῥῠ́ποιν toîn rhŭ́poin |
τῶν ῥῠ́πων tôn rhŭ́pōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ῥῠ́πῳ tôi rhŭ́pōi |
τοῖν ῥῠ́ποιν toîn rhŭ́poin |
τοῖς ῥῠ́ποις toîs rhŭ́pois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ῥῠ́πον tòn rhŭ́pon |
τὼ ῥῠ́πω tṑ rhŭ́pō |
τοὺς ῥῠ́πους toùs rhŭ́pous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῥῠ́πε rhŭ́pe |
ῥῠ́πω rhŭ́pō |
ῥῠ́ποι rhŭ́poi | ||||||||||
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