Ὀποῦς

See also: ὀπούς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ὀπόεις (Opóeis)

Etymology

From ὀπός (opós, “juice”) +‎ -οῦς (-oûs, “-ful”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.pûːs/ → /oˈpus/ → /oˈpus/

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

Proper noun

Ὀποῦς • (Opoûs) m (genitive Ὀποῦντος); third declension

1. Opus, Greece
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 9.2.42

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ὀποῦς; τοῦ Ὀποῦντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ὀποῦς ho Opoûs
Genitive	τοῦ Ὀποῦντος toû Opoûntos
Dative	τῷ Ὀποῦντῐ tôi Opoûnti
Accusative	τὸν Ὀποῦντᾰ tòn Opoûnta
Vocative	Ὀποῦν Opoûn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ὀπούντιος (Opoúntios)

Descendants

• Greek: Οπούς (Opoús); Οπούντας (Opoúntas)
• Latin: Opus

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,019