ἁψίς
See also: ἀψίς and ἅψις
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἀψίς (apsís) – Epic, Ionic
Etymology
From ἅπτω (háptō, “I fasten to”) + -σις (-sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hap.sǐːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)apˈsis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /apˈsis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /apˈsis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /apˈsis/
Noun
ἁψῑ́ς • (hapsī́s) f (genitive ἁψῖδος); third declension
- net, mesh
- wheel, hoop, disc
- Any curved form: bow, arch, vault
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ἁψῑ́ς; τῆς ἁψῖδος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἁψῑ́ς hē hapsī́s | τὼ ἁψῖδε tṑ hapsîde | αἱ ἁψῖδες hai hapsîdes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἁψῖδος tês hapsîdos | τοῖν ἁψῑ́δοιν toîn hapsī́doin | τῶν ἁψῑ́δων tôn hapsī́dōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἁψῖδῐ têi hapsîdi | τοῖν ἁψῑ́δοιν toîn hapsī́doin | ταῖς ἁψῖσῐ / ἁψῖσῐν taîs hapsîsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἁψῖδᾰ / ἁψῖν tḕn hapsîda / hapsîn | τὼ ἁψῖδε tṑ hapsîde | τᾱ̀ς ἁψῖδᾰς tā̀s hapsîdas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἁψῑ́ς hapsī́s | ἁψῖδε hapsîde | ἁψῖδες hapsîdes | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- ἄναψις (ánapsis)
- ἔναψις (énapsis)
- ἔξαψις (éxapsis)
- ἔφαψις (éphapsis)
- κάθαψις (káthapsis)
- προσέξαψις (proséxapsis)
- σύναψις (súnapsis)
Descendants
- Latin: absis, apsis
- English: apse
- Old Armenian: ափսէ (apʿsē)
- Armenian: ափսե (apʿse)
- Russian: абси́да (absída), апси́да (apsída)
Further reading
- “ἁψίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἁψίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἁψίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἁψίς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἁψίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- arch idem, page 38.
- felloe idem, page 314.
- vault idem, page 945.