γαμψός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, the word may well be from Pre-Greek and related to γνάμπτω (gnámptō, “to bend”) and κάμπτω (kámptō, “to curve”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡamp.sós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡampˈsos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɣampˈsos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ɣampˈsos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ɣampˈsos/
Adjective
γαμψός • (gampsós) m (feminine γαμψή, neuter γαμψόν); first/second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | γαμψός gampsós |
γαμψή gampsḗ |
γαμψόν gampsón |
γαμψώ gampsṓ |
γαμψᾱ́ gampsā́ |
γαμψώ gampsṓ |
γαμψοί gampsoí |
γαμψαί gampsaí |
γαμψᾰ́ gampsắ | |||||
| Genitive | γαμψοῦ gampsoû |
γαμψῆς gampsês |
γαμψοῦ gampsoû |
γαμψοῖν gampsoîn |
γαμψαῖν gampsaîn |
γαμψοῖν gampsoîn |
γαμψῶν gampsôn |
γαμψῶν gampsôn |
γαμψῶν gampsôn | |||||
| Dative | γαμψῷ gampsōî |
γαμψῇ gampsēî |
γαμψῷ gampsōî |
γαμψοῖν gampsoîn |
γαμψαῖν gampsaîn |
γαμψοῖν gampsoîn |
γαμψοῖς gampsoîs |
γαμψαῖς gampsaîs |
γαμψοῖς gampsoîs | |||||
| Accusative | γαμψόν gampsón |
γαμψήν gampsḗn |
γαμψόν gampsón |
γαμψώ gampsṓ |
γαμψᾱ́ gampsā́ |
γαμψώ gampsṓ |
γαμψούς gampsoús |
γαμψᾱ́ς gampsā́s |
γαμψᾰ́ gampsắ | |||||
| Vocative | γαμψέ gampsé |
γαμψή gampsḗ |
γαμψόν gampsón |
γαμψώ gampsṓ |
γαμψᾱ́ gampsā́ |
γαμψώ gampsṓ |
γαμψοί gampsoí |
γαμψαί gampsaí |
γαμψᾰ́ gampsắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| γαμψῶς gampsôs |
γαμψότερος gampsóteros |
γαμψότᾰτος gampsótătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- γαμψότης (gampsótēs)
- γαμψόω (gampsóō)
- γαμψωλή (gampsōlḗ)
- γαμψῶνυξ (gampsônux)
Further reading
- “γαμψός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γαμψός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γαμψός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- 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