πρόσωπον

Ancient Greek

πρός (prós, “towards”) +‎ ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”). The existence of Sanskrit प्रतीक (prátīka) indicates that this compound goes back to Proto-Indo-European *prétih₃kʷo-.

πρόσωπον • (prósōpon) n (genitive προσώπου); second declension

Second declension of τὸ πρόσωπον; τοῦ προσώπου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πρόσωπον tò prósōpon	τὼ προσώπω tṑ prosṓpō	τᾰ̀ πρόσωπᾰ tà prósōpa
Genitive	τοῦ προσώπου toû prosṓpou	τοῖν προσώποιν toîn prosṓpoin	τῶν προσώπων tôn prosṓpōn
Dative	τῷ προσώπῳ tôi prosṓpōi	τοῖν προσώποιν toîn prosṓpoin	τοῖς προσώποις toîs prosṓpois
Accusative	τὸ πρόσωπον tò prósōpon	τὼ προσώπω tṑ prosṓpō	τᾰ̀ πρόσωπᾰ tà prósōpa
Vocative	πρόσωπον prósōpon	προσώπω prosṓpō	πρόσωπᾰ prósōpa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. There exist numerous lengthened plurals, such as προσώπατα (prosṓpata) and προσώπασι (prosṓpasi).