αἰπός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.pós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛˈpos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛˈpos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpos/

Adjective

αἰπός • (aipós) m (feminine αἰπή, neuter αἰπόν); first/second declension (Epic)

(of cities) on a slope: high, lofty
(of streams) flowing steeply down

Inflection

First and second declension of αἰπός; αἰπή; αἰπόν (Epic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	αἰπός aipós	αἰπή aipḗ	αἰπόν aipón	αἰπώ aipṓ	αἰπᾱ́ aipā́	αἰπώ aipṓ	αἰποί aipoí	αἰπαί aipaí	αἰπᾰ́ aipắ
Genitive	αἰποῖο αἰπόο αἰποῦ aipoîo aipóo aipoû	αἰπῆς aipês	αἰποῖο αἰπόο αἰποῦ aipoîo aipóo aipoû	αἰποῖῐ̈ν aipoîĭ̈n	αἰπαῖῐ̈ν aipaîĭ̈n	αἰποῖῐ̈ν aipoîĭ̈n	αἰπῶν aipôn	αἰπᾱ́ων αἰπέων αἰπῶν aipā́ōn aipéōn aipôn	αἰπῶν aipôn
Dative	αἰπῷ aipōî	αἰπῇ aipēî	αἰπῷ aipōî	αἰποῖῐ̈ν aipoîĭ̈n	αἰπαῖῐ̈ν aipaîĭ̈n	αἰποῖῐ̈ν aipoîĭ̈n	αἰποῖσῐ αἰποῖσῐν αἰποῖς aipoîsĭ(n) aipoîs	αἰπῇσῐ αἰπῇσῐν αἰπῇς αἰπαῖς aipēîsĭ(n) aipēîs aipaîs	αἰποῖσῐ αἰποῖσῐν αἰποῖς aipoîsĭ(n) aipoîs
Accusative	αἰπόν aipón	αἰπήν aipḗn	αἰπόν aipón	αἰπώ aipṓ	αἰπᾱ́ aipā́	αἰπώ aipṓ	αἰπούς aipoús	αἰπᾱ́ς aipā́s	αἰπᾰ́ aipắ
Vocative	αἰπέ aipé	αἰπή aipḗ	αἰπόν aipón	αἰπώ aipṓ	αἰπᾱ́ aipā́	αἰπώ aipṓ	αἰποί aipoí	αἰπαί aipaí	αἰπᾰ́ aipắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	αἰπῶς aipôs			αἰπότερος aipóteros			αἰπότᾰτος aipótătos
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Synonyms

(on a slope): αἰπύς (aipús), αἰπεινός (aipeinós)

References

“αἰπός, ή, όν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“αἰπός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
αἰπός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963