θώψ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Pre-Greek, perhaps related to θάμβος (thámbos, “amazement”, “astonishment”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰɔ̌ːps/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰops/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θops/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θops/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θops/
Noun
θώψ • (thṓps) m (genitive θωπός); third declension
- adulator, flatterer
- A false friend.
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ θώψ; τοῦ θωπός (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ θώψ ho thṓps | τὼ θῶπε tṑ thôpe | οἱ θῶπες hoi thôpes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ θωπός toû thōpós | τοῖν θωποῖν toîn thōpoîn | τῶν θωπῶν tôn thōpôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ θωπῐ́ tôi thōpí | τοῖν θωποῖν toîn thōpoîn | τοῖς θωψῐ́ / θωψῐ́ν toîs thōpsí(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν θῶπᾰ tòn thôpa | τὼ θῶπε tṑ thôpe | τοὺς θῶπᾰς toùs thôpas | ||||||||||
Vocative | θώψ thṓps | θῶπε thôpe | θῶπες thôpes | ||||||||||
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References
- θώψ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- θώψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette