ταπεινός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Has been connected with Old Norse þefja (“to stamp”) and þóf (“crowd”) but this theory is not convincing. Probably from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ta.peː.nós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ta.piˈnos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ta.piˈnos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ta.piˈnos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ta.piˈnos/

Adjective

τᾰπεινός • (tăpeinós) m (feminine τᾰπεινή, neuter τᾰπεινόν); first/second declension

low
1. low-lying (of place)
2. humbled, abased in power, pride; submissive; small, poor, weak (of persons)
3. downcast, dejected (of the mood)
4. (bad in a moral sense): mean, base, abject
5. (good in a moral sense): lowly, humble
6. mean, low, poor (of things)

Inflection

First and second declension of τᾰπεινός; τᾰπεινή; τᾰπεινόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	τᾰπεινός tăpeinós	τᾰπεινή tăpeinḗ	τᾰπεινόν tăpeinón	τᾰπεινώ tăpeinṓ	τᾰπεινᾱ́ tăpeinā́	τᾰπεινώ tăpeinṓ	τᾰπεινοί tăpeinoí	τᾰπειναί tăpeinaí	τᾰπεινᾰ́ tăpeinắ
Genitive	τᾰπεινοῦ tăpeinoû	τᾰπεινῆς tăpeinês	τᾰπεινοῦ tăpeinoû	τᾰπεινοῖν tăpeinoîn	τᾰπειναῖν tăpeinaîn	τᾰπεινοῖν tăpeinoîn	τᾰπεινῶν tăpeinôn	τᾰπεινῶν tăpeinôn	τᾰπεινῶν tăpeinôn
Dative	τᾰπεινῷ tăpeinōî	τᾰπεινῇ tăpeinēî	τᾰπεινῷ tăpeinōî	τᾰπεινοῖν tăpeinoîn	τᾰπειναῖν tăpeinaîn	τᾰπεινοῖν tăpeinoîn	τᾰπεινοῖς tăpeinoîs	τᾰπειναῖς tăpeinaîs	τᾰπεινοῖς tăpeinoîs
Accusative	τᾰπεινόν tăpeinón	τᾰπεινήν tăpeinḗn	τᾰπεινόν tăpeinón	τᾰπεινώ tăpeinṓ	τᾰπεινᾱ́ tăpeinā́	τᾰπεινώ tăpeinṓ	τᾰπεινούς tăpeinoús	τᾰπεινᾱ́ς tăpeinā́s	τᾰπεινᾰ́ tăpeinắ
Vocative	τᾰπεινέ tăpeiné	τᾰπεινή tăpeinḗ	τᾰπεινόν tăpeinón	τᾰπεινώ tăpeinṓ	τᾰπεινᾱ́ tăpeinā́	τᾰπεινώ tăpeinṓ	τᾰπεινοί tăpeinoí	τᾰπειναί tăpeinaí	τᾰπεινᾰ́ tăpeinắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	τᾰπεινῶς tăpeinôs			τᾰπεινότερος tăpeinóteros			τᾰπεινότᾰτος tăpeinótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

ἄβδελλον (ábdellon)

Derived terms

τᾰπεινολογῐ́ᾱ (tăpeinologĭ́ā)
τᾰπεινότης (tăpeinótēs)
τᾰπεινόω (tăpeinóō)

Descendants

Greek: τᾰπεινός (tăpeinós)
- → Italian: tapino
- → Romanian: tapinos