ῥόπαλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally derived from ῥέπω (rhépō, “to decline, descend”), but perhaps not related to the verb.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ῥόπᾰλον • (rhópalon) n (genitive ῥοπᾰ́λου); second declension

  1. club, cudgel, mace shod with metal
    Synonym: κορύνη (korúnē)
  2. hunter's staff
  3. penis

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ῥόπᾰλον; τοῦ ῥοπᾰ́λου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ῥόπᾰλον
tò rhópalon		 τὼ ῥοπᾰ́λω
tṑ rhopálō		 τᾰ̀ ῥόπᾰλᾰ
tà rhópala
Genitive τοῦ ῥοπᾰ́λου
toû rhopálou		 τοῖν ῥοπᾰ́λοιν
toîn rhopáloin		 τῶν ῥοπᾰ́λων
tôn rhopálōn
Dative τῷ ῥοπᾰ́λῳ
tôi rhopálōi		 τοῖν ῥοπᾰ́λοιν
toîn rhopáloin		 τοῖς ῥοπᾰ́λοις
toîs rhopálois
Accusative τὸ ῥόπᾰλον
tò rhópalon		 τὼ ῥοπᾰ́λω
tṑ rhopálō		 τᾰ̀ ῥόπᾰλᾰ
tà rhópala
Vocative ῥόπᾰλον
rhópalon		 ῥοπᾰ́λω
rhopálō		 ῥόπᾰλᾰ
rhópala
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ῥοπαλίζει (rhopalízei)
  • ῥοπαλικός (rhopalikós)
  • ῥοπάλιον (rhopálion)
  • ῥοπαλισμός (rhopalismós)
  • ῥοπαλοειδής (rhopaloeidḗs)
  • ῥοπαλομάχος (rhopalomákhos)
  • ῥοπαλοφόρος (rhopalophóros)
  • ῥοπαλώδης (rhopalṓdēs)
  • ῥοπάλωσις (rhopálōsis)
  • ῥοπαλωτός (rhopalōtós)

Descendants
  • Greek: ρόπαλο (rópalo)

Further reading
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