πιπώ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Formation like ἀηδώ (aēdṓ) and τυτώ (tutṓ). Probably onomatopoeic like πιππίζω (pippízō, “to pipe, chirp”) and Sanskrit पिप्पका (pippakā, “kind of bird”). Compare also πῖπος (pîpos, “young piping bird”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /piː.pɔ̌ː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /piˈpo/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /piˈpo/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /piˈpo/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈpo/

Noun

πῑπώ • (pīpṓ) f (genitive πῑποῦς); third declension

great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Synonym: πῐ́πρᾱ (pĭ́prā)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πῑπώ; τῆς πῑποῦς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πῑπώ hē pīpṓ	τὼ πῑπώ tṑ pīpṓ	αἱ πῑποί hai pīpoí
Genitive	τῆς πῑποῦς tês pīpoûs	τοῖν πῑποῖν toîn pīpoîn	τῶν πῑπῶν tôn pīpôn
Dative	τῇ πῑποῖ tēî pīpoî	τοῖν πῑποῖν toîn pīpoîn	ταῖς πῑποῖς taîs pīpoîs
Accusative	τὴν πῑπώ tḕn pīpṓ	τὼ πῑπώ tṑ pīpṓ	τᾱ̀ς πῑπούς tā̀s pīpoús
Vocative	πῑποῖ pīpoî	πῑπώ pīpṓ	πῑποί pīpoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“πιπώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
πιπώ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN