δόρπον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to Albanian darkë (“evening meal”) but further connections are unknown.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

δόρπον • (dórpon) n (genitive δόρπου); second declension

(Epic, Doric)
  1. evening meal
  2. (later Epic) food, meal

Declension
Second declension of δόρπον; δόρπου (Epic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative δόρπον
dórpon		 δόρπω
dórpō		 δόρπᾰ
dórpa
Genitive δόρπου / δορποῖο / δόρποιο / δορπόο / δόρποο
dórpou / dorpoîo / dórpoio / dorpóo / dórpoo		 δόρποιῐν
dórpoiin		 δόρπων
dórpōn
Dative δόρπῳ
dórpōi		 δόρποιῐν
dórpoiin		 δόρποισῐ / δόρποισῐν / δόρποις
dórpoisi(n) / dórpois
Accusative δόρπον
dórpon		 δόρπω
dórpō		 δόρπᾰ
dórpa
Vocative δόρπον
dórpon		 δόρπω
dórpō		 δόρπᾰ
dórpa
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms
  • δόρπιον (dórpion)
  • δορπήϊα (dorpḗïa)
  • δορπέω (dorpéō)
  • δορπηστός (dorpēstós)

Further reading
  • δόρπον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • δόρπον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • 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
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