ὀψίγονος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὀψέ (opsé, “late”) + γον- (gon-, root of γῐ́γνομαι (gĭ́gnomai, “to become”)) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /op.sí.ɡo.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /opˈsi.ɡo.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /opˈsi.ɣo.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /opˈsi.ɣo.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /opˈsi.ɣo.nos/
Adjective
ὀψῐ́γονος • (opsĭ́gonos) m or f (neuter ὀψῐ́γονον); second declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | ὀψῐ́γονος opsĭ́gonos |
ὀψῐ́γονον opsĭ́gonon |
ὀψῐγόνω opsĭgónō |
ὀψῐγόνω opsĭgónō |
ὀψῐ́γονοι opsĭ́gonoi |
ὀψῐ́γονᾰ opsĭ́gonă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ὀψῐγόνου opsĭgónou |
ὀψῐγόνου opsĭgónou |
ὀψῐγόνοιν opsĭgónoin |
ὀψῐγόνοιν opsĭgónoin |
ὀψῐγόνων opsĭgónōn |
ὀψῐγόνων opsĭgónōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ὀψῐγόνῳ opsĭgónōi |
ὀψῐγόνῳ opsĭgónōi |
ὀψῐγόνοιν opsĭgónoin |
ὀψῐγόνοιν opsĭgónoin |
ὀψῐγόνοις opsĭgónois |
ὀψῐγόνοις opsĭgónois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ὀψῐ́γονον opsĭ́gonon |
ὀψῐ́γονον opsĭ́gonon |
ὀψῐγόνω opsĭgónō |
ὀψῐγόνω opsĭgónō |
ὀψῐγόνους opsĭgónous |
ὀψῐ́γονᾰ opsĭ́gonă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ὀψῐ́γονε opsĭ́gone |
ὀψῐ́γονον opsĭ́gonon |
ὀψῐγόνω opsĭgónō |
ὀψῐγόνω opsĭgónō |
ὀψῐ́γονοι opsĭ́gonoi |
ὀψῐ́γονᾰ opsĭ́gonă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ὀψῐγόνως opsĭgónōs |
ὀψῐγονώτερος opsĭgonṓteros |
ὀψῐγονώτᾰτος opsĭgonṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ὀψίγονος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ὀψίγονος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ὀψίγονος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ὀψίγονος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “ὀψίγονος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press