κάψις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κάπτω (káptō, “to gulp down”) + σις (sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /káp.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkap.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkap.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkap.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkap.sis/
Noun
κᾰ́ψῐς • (kápsis) f (genitive κᾰ́ψεως); third declension
- a gulping down
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 8.6.1
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ κᾰ́ψῐς; τῆς κᾰ́ψεως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κᾰ́ψῐς hē kápsis | τὼ κᾰ́ψει tṑ kápsei | αἱ κᾰ́ψεις hai kápseis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κᾰ́ψεως tês kápseōs | τοῖν κᾰψέοιν toîn kapséoin | τῶν κᾰ́ψεων tôn kápseōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κᾰ́ψει têi kápsei | τοῖν κᾰψέοιν toîn kapséoin | ταῖς κᾰ́ψεσῐ / κᾰ́ψεσῐν taîs kápsesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κᾰ́ψῐν tḕn kápsin | τὼ κᾰ́ψει tṑ kápsei | τᾱ̀ς κᾰ́ψεις tā̀s kápseis | ||||||||||
Vocative | κᾰ́ψῐ kápsi | κᾰ́ψει kápsei | κᾰ́ψεις kápseis | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- ᾰ̓νᾰ́κᾰψῐς (anákapsis)
References
- κάψις in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κάψις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette