Μερόπη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέρος (méros, “lot, fate”) +‎ ὄψ (óps, “eye, face”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.ró.pɛː/ → /meˈro.pi/ → /meˈro.pi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.ró.pɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /meˈro.pe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /meˈro.pi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /meˈro.pi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈro.pi/

Proper noun

Μερόπη • (Merópē) f (genitive Μερόπης); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Merope

Declension

First declension of ἡ Μερόπη; τῆς Μερόπης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μερόπη hē Merópē
Genitive	τῆς Μερόπης tês Merópēs
Dative	τῇ Μερόπῃ têi Merópēi
Accusative	τὴν Μερόπην tḕn Merópēn
Vocative	Μερόπη Merópē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μερόπη (Merópi)
• Latin: Merope

Further reading

• Μερόπη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017

Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈɾo.pi/
• Hyphenation: Με‧ρό‧πη

Proper noun

Μερόπη • (Merópi) f (plural Μερόπες)

1. a female given name
2. (in sinular)
   1. (Greek mythology) Merope, the youngest of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione.
   2. (Greek mythology) Merope, a daughter of Cypselus, king of Arcadia.
   3. (astronomy) The least bright star in the cluster in Taurus, known as the Pleiades.

Declension

Declension of Μερόπη

	singular	plural
nominative	Μερόπη •	Μερόπες •
genitive	Μερόπης •	—
accusative	Μερόπη •	Μερόπες •
vocative	Μερόπη •	Μερόπες •

See also

• Πλειάδες (Pleiádes)

Further reading

• Μερόπη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el