ἴψ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably related to ἴξ (íx, “kind of worm”) as a Pre-Greek element. This word rhymes with other Pre-Greek nouns like θρίψ (thríps, “woodworm”) and σκνίψ (skníps, “insect found under the bark of trees”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ǐːps/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ips/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ips/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ips/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ips/
Noun
ἴ̄ψ • (í̄ps) m (genitive ἰ̄πός); third declension
- worm which eats wood and horn
Declension
Third declension of ὁ ἴ̄ψ; τοῦ ἰ̄πός (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἴ̄ψ ho í̄ps | τὼ ἰ̄πε tṑ īpe | οἱ ἰ̄πες hoi īpes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἰ̄πός toû īpós | τοῖν ἰ̄ποῖν toîn īpoîn | τῶν ἰ̄πῶν tôn īpôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἰ̄πῐ́ tôi īpí | ἰ̄ποῖν īpoîn | τοῖς ἰ̄ψῐ́ / ἰ̄ψῐ́ν toîs īpsí(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἰ̄πᾰ tòn īpa | ἰ̄πε īpe | τοὺς ἰ̄πᾰς toùs īpas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἴ̄ψ í̄ps | ἰ̄πε īpe | ἰ̄πες īpes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- ἴψ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἴψ in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἴψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἴψ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- 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