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Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek -ποῦλος (-poûlos), itself from Latin pullus (“young, chick”).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-όπουλος • (-ópoulos)
- surname suffix, meaning "son of"; mainly connected to those who originated in Peloponnisos but is now widespread throughout Greece:
- Παύλος (Pávlos, “Paul”) + -όπουλος (-ópoulos) → Παυλόπουλος (Pavlópoulos)
- παπάς (papás, “priest”) + -όπουλος (-ópoulos) → Παπαδόπουλος (Papadópoulos)
- Γιάννης (Giánnis, “John”) + -όπουλος (-ópoulos) → Γιαννόπουλος (Giannópoulos)
- Πέτρος (Pétros, “Peter”) + -όπουλος (-ópoulos) → Πετρόπουλος (Petrópoulos)
Declension
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singular
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| nominative
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-όπουλος (-ópoulos)
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| genitive
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-οπούλου (-opoúlou)
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| accusative
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-όπουλο (-ópoulo)
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| vocative
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-όπουλε (-ópoule)
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