ἁρπίς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ῥαπίς (rhapís)
Etymology
According to Hesychius, the word is Laconian. The presence of the variant ῥαπίς (rhapís) suggests a Pre-Greek origin of this word.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /har.pís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)arˈpis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /arˈpis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /arˈpis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /arˈpis/
Noun
ἁρπῐ́ς • (harpís) f (genitive ἁρπῖδος); third declension
- half-boot
- Synonym: κρηπῐ́ς (krēpís)
Declension
Third declension of ἡ ἁρπῐ́ς; τῆς ἁρπῖδος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἁρπῐ́ς hē harpís | τὼ ἁρπῖδε tṑ harpîde | αἱ ἁρπῖδες hai harpîdes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἁρπῖδος tês harpîdos | τοῖν ἁρπῑ́δοιν toîn harpī́doin | τῶν ἁρπῑ́δων tôn harpī́dōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἁρπῖδῐ têi harpîdi | ἁρπῑ́δοιν harpī́doin | ταῖς ἁρπῖσῐ / ἁρπῖσῐν taîs harpîsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἁρπῖδᾰ tḕn harpîda | ἁρπῖδε harpîde | τᾱ̀ς ἁρπῖδᾰς tā̀s harpîdas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἁρπῐ́ς harpís | ἁρπῖδε harpîde | ἁρπῖδες harpîdes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- ἁρπίς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἁρπίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2020)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN