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 κνίψ (kníps, “insect found under the bark of trees”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἴ̄ψ • (í̄ps) m (genitive ἰ̄πός); third declension

  1. worm which eats wood and horn

Declension
Third declension of ὁ ἴ̄ψ; τοῦ ἰ̄πός (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
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		 τοῖν ἰ̄ποῖν
toîn īpoîn		 τοῖς ἰ̄ψῐ́ / ἰ̄ψῐ́ν
toîs īpsí(n)
Accusative τὸν ἰ̄πᾰ
tòn īpa		 τὼ ἰ̄πε
tṑ īpe		 τοὺς ἰ̄πᾰς
toùs īpas
Vocative ἴ̄ψ
í̄ps		 ἰ̄πε
īpe		 ἰ̄πες
īpes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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
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