πάππος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Reduplicated nursery word; compare πάππας (páppas, daddy, papa).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πᾰ́ππος • (páppos) m (genitive πᾰ́ππου); second declension

  1. grandfather (both maternal or paternal)
  2. (in the plural) grandparents
  3. (in general) ascendant, ancestor
  4. pantaloon, a character in comic dramas
  5. (botany) pappus, down on the seeds of certain plants
  6. first down on the chin
  7. small bird in whose nest the cuckoo lays

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἐπίπαππος (epípappos)
  • παππάζω (pappázō)
  • παππασμός (pappasmós)
  • παππεπίπαππος (pappepípappos)
  • παππίας (pappías)
  • παππίδιον (pappídion)
  • παππίζω (pappízō)
  • παππικός (pappikós)
  • παπποκτόνος (pappoktónos)
  • παπποσπέρματα (pappospérmata)
  • παπποφόνος (pappophónos)
  • παππώδης (pappṓdēs)
  • παππωνυμικῶς (pappōnumikôs)
  • παππῷς (pappôis)
  • πρόπαππος (própappos)

Descendants

  • Byzantine Greek:
  • Latin: pappus

Further reading

Greek

Alternative forms

Noun

πάππος • (páppos) m (plural πάπποι)

  1. grandfather

Declension

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