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δρύοψ

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: δρύοψ δρύοπος

Structure: δρυοπ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. woodpecker

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative δρύοψ δρύοπε δρύοπες
Genitive δρύοπος δρυόποιν δρυόπων
Dative δρύοπι δρυόποιν δρύοψιν*
Accusative δρύοπα δρύοπε δρύοπας
Vocative δρύοψ δρύοπε δρύοπες

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • διεξιὼν δὲ Ἡρακλῆσ τὴν Δρυόπων χώραν, ἀπορῶν τροφῆσ, ἀπαντήσαντοσ Θειοδάμαντοσ βοηλατοῦντοσ τὸν ἕτερον τῶν ταύρων λύσασ καὶ σφάξασ εὐωχήσατο. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 7 7:1)
  • ἀπέκτεινε δὲ καὶ Λαογόραν μετὰ τῶν τέκνων, βασιλέα Δρυόπων, ἐν Ἀπόλλωνοσ τεμένει δαινύμενον, ὑβριστὴν ὄντα καὶ Λαπιθῶν σύμμαχον. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 7 7:6)
  • ἀντὶ δ’ ἐγὼ ξενίησ Πολυμήδεοσ ἡ κενεὴ χθὼν ὠγκώθην Δρυόπων διψάσιν ἐν βοτάναισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 651 1:1)
  • μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα Φύλαντοσ τοῦ Δρυόπων βασιλέωσ δόξαντοσ εἰσ τὸ ἐν Δελφοῖσ ἱερὸν παρανενομηκέναι, στρατεύσασ μετὰ Μηλιέων τόν τε βασιλέα τῶν Δρυόπων ἀνεῖλε καὶ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ ἐκ τῆσ χώρασ ἐξαναστήσασ Μηλιεῦσι παρέδωκε τὴν χώραν· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 37 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. woodpecker

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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