ὀπή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the radical *ὀπ- (from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-), the same root of ὄμμα (ómma, “eye”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.pɛ̌ː/ → /oˈpi/ → /oˈpi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.pɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈpe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈpi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈpi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈpi/

Noun

ὀπή • (opḗ) f (genitive ὀπῆς); first declension

1. opening, hole, hollow

   Synonym: τρύπημα (trúpēma)

2. (anatomy) orifice in the body
3. hole in the roof, serving as a chimney
4. (architecture) hole in the frieze left to receive the beam-ends
5. sight

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὀπή; τῆς ὀπῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὀπή hē opḗ	τὼ ὀπᾱ́ tṑ opā́	αἱ ὀπαί hai opaí
Genitive	τῆς ὀπῆς tês opês	τοῖν ὀπαῖν toîn opaîn	τῶν ὀπῶν tôn opôn
Dative	τῇ ὀπῇ tēî opēî	τοῖν ὀπαῖν toîn opaîn	ταῖς ὀπαῖς taîs opaîs
Accusative	τὴν ὀπήν tḕn opḗn	τὼ ὀπᾱ́ tṑ opā́	τᾱ̀ς ὀπᾱ́ς tā̀s opā́s
Vocative	ὀπή opḗ	ὀπᾱ́ opā́	ὀπαί opaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• διόπη (diópē)
• δίοπος (díopos)
• ἐνόπαι (enópai)
• μετόπη (metópē)
• ὀπαῖον (opaîon)
• ὀπαῖος (opaîos)
• ὀπήεις (opḗeis)
• πολυωπός (poluōpós)
• στενωπός (stenōpós)

Descendants

• Greek: οπή (opí)

Further reading

• “ὀπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὀπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὀπή 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