-όπουλος

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek -ποῦλος (-poûlos), itself from Latin pullus (young, chick)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈopulos/

Suffix

-όπουλος (-ópoulos)

  1. surname suffix, mainly connected to those who originated in Peloponnisos but is now widespread throughout Greece:
    Παύλος (Pávlos, Paul) + -όπουλος (-ópoulos)Παυλόπουλος (Pavlópoulos)
    παπάς (papás, priest) + -όπουλος (-ópoulos)Παπαδόπουλος (Papadópoulos)
    Γιάννης (Giánnis, John) + -όπουλος (-ópoulos)Γιαννόπουλος (Giannópoulos)
    Πέτρος (Pétros, Peter) + -όπουλος (-ópoulos)Πετρόπουλος (Petrópoulos)

Declension

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