γύψ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, Pre-Greek.[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡy̌ːps/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡyps/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ʝyps/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ʝyps/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ʝips/
Noun
γῡ́ψ • (gū́ps) m (genitive γῡπός); third declension (Attic, Epic)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ γῡ́ψ ho gū́ps |
τὼ γῦπε tṑ gûpe |
οἱ γῦπες hoi gûpes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ γῡπός toû gūpós |
τοῖν γῡποῖν toîn gūpoîn |
τῶν γῡπῶν tôn gūpôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ γῡπῐ́ tōî gūpĭ́ |
τοῖν γῡποῖν toîn gūpoîn |
τοῖς γῡψῐ́ / γῡψῐ́ν toîs gūpsĭ́(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν γῦπᾰ tòn gûpă |
τὼ γῦπε tṑ gûpe |
τοὺς γῦπᾰς toùs gûpăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γῡ́ψ gū́ps |
γῦπε gûpe |
γῦπες gûpes | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | γῡ́ψ gū́ps |
γῦπε gûpe |
γῦπες gûpes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | γῡπός gūpós |
γῡποῖν / γῡποῖῐν gūpoî(ĭ)n |
γῡπῶν gūpôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | γῡπῐ́ gūpĭ́ |
γῡποῖν / γῡποῖῐν gūpoî(ĭ)n |
γῡψῐ́ / γῡψῐ́ν / γῡ́πεσσῐ / γῡ́πεσσῐν / γῡ́πεσῐ / γῡ́πεσῐν gūpsĭ́(n) / gū́pessĭ(n) / gū́pesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | γῦπᾰ gûpă |
γῦπε gûpe |
γῦπᾰς gûpăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γῡ́ψ gū́ps |
γῦπε gûpe |
γῦπες gûpes | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Derived terms
- γῡπαιεύς (gūpaieús)
- γῡπᾰλέκτωρ (gūpăléktōr)
- γῡπᾰ́ρῐον (gūpắrĭon)
- γῡ́πη (gū́pē)
- γῡπῐαῖος (gūpĭaîos)
- γῡπῐᾰ́ς (gūpĭắs)
- γῡ́πῐνος (gū́pĭnos)
- γῡπῐ́ς (gūpĭ́s)
- γῡπογῐ́γᾱς (gūpogĭ́gās)
- γῡποειδής (gūpoeidḗs)
- γῡπόμορφος (gūpómorphos)
- γῡπονέμεσῐς (gūponémesĭs)
- γῡπώδης (gūpṓdēs)
Descendants
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γύψ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 293
Further reading
- “γύψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γύψ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)