Ῥοδόπη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From a Thracian hydronym *Rudupa (“red river”). Compare with river-names in Lithuanian Rùdupė, Rũdupė; Latvian Rudupe; Samogitian Рудупя, Рудупъ.[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥o.dó.pɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /roˈdo.pe̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /roˈðo.pi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /roˈðo.pi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /roˈðo.pi/

Proper noun

Ῥοδόπη • (Rhodópē) f (genitive Ῥοδόπης); first declension

Rhodope, a woman in Greek mythology
Rhodope Mountains

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ῥοδόπη; τῆς Ῥοδόπης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ῥοδόπη hē Rhodópē
Genitive	τῆς Ῥοδόπης tês Rhodópēs
Dative	τῇ Ῥοδόπῃ têi Rhodópēi
Accusative	τὴν Ῥοδόπην tḕn Rhodópēn
Vocative	Ῥοδόπη Rhodópē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

The personal name does not take a definite article.

Descendants

Greek: Ροδόπη (Rodópi)
→ Bulgarian: Родопи (Rodopi), Родопа (Rodopa)
→ Latin: Rhodopē

References

Duridanov, Ivan Vasiliev (1985) Die Sprache der Thraker [The Language of the Thracians]‎ (in German), Hieronymus Verlag, →ISBN, pages 41, 82,86