γύψ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, Pre-Greek.[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡy̌ːps/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡyps/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ʝyps/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ʝyps/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ʝips/
Noun
γῡ́ψ • (gū́ps) m (genitive γῡπός); third declension (Attic, Epic)
- vulture
Declension
Third declension of ὁ γῡ́ψ; τοῦ γῡπός (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ γῡ́ψ ho gū́ps | τὼ γῦπε tṑ gûpe | οἱ γῦπες hoi gûpes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ γῡπός toû gūpós | τοῖν γῡποῖν toîn gūpoîn | τῶν γῡπῶν tôn gūpôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ γῡπῐ́ tôi gūpí | τοῖν γῡποῖν toîn gūpoîn | τοῖς γῡψῐ́ / γῡψῐ́ν toîs gūpsí(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν γῦπᾰ tòn gûpa | τὼ γῦπε tṑ gûpe | τοὺς γῦπᾰς toùs gûpas | ||||||||||
Vocative | γῡ́ψ gū́ps | γῦπε gûpe | γῦπες gûpes | ||||||||||
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Third declension of γῡ́ψ; γῡπός (Epic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | γῡ́ψ gū́ps | γῦπε gûpe | γῦπες gûpes | ||||||||||
Genitive | γῡπός gūpós | γῡποῖῐν gūpoîin | γῡπῶν gūpôn | ||||||||||
Dative | γῡπῐ́ gūpí | γῡποῖῐν gūpoîin | γῡψῐ́ / γῡψῐ́ν / γῡ́πεσσῐ / γῡ́πεσσῐν / γῡ́πεσῐ / γῡ́πεσῐν gūpsí(n) / gū́pessi(n) / gū́pesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | γῦπᾰ gûpa | γῦπε gûpe | γῦπᾰς gûpas | ||||||||||
Vocative | γῡ́ψ gū́ps | γῦπε gûpe | γῦπες gûpes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- γῡπαιεύς (gūpaieús)
- γῡπᾰλέκτωρ (gūpaléktōr)
- γῡπᾰ́ρῐον (gūpárion)
- γῡ́πη (gū́pē)
- γῡπῐαῖος (gūpiaîos)
- γῡπῐᾰ́ς (gūpiás)
- γῡ́πῐνος (gū́pinos)
- γῡπῐ́ς (gūpís)
- γῡπογῐ́γᾱς (gūpogígās)
- γῡποειδής (gūpoeidḗs)
- γῡπόμορφος (gūpómorphos)
- γῡπονέμεσῐς (gūponémesis)
- γῡπώδης (gūpṓdēs)
Descendants
- Greek: γύπας (gýpas)
- → Translingual: Gyps
- →? Old Georgian: ჯიპოსი (ǯiṗosi)
References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “γύψ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 293
Further reading
- “γύψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γύψ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)