θώψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly Pre-Greek, perhaps related to θάμβος (thámbos, “amazement”, “astonishment”). But compare Sanskrit दभ (dabha, “deceiving”), Sanskrit दभीति (dabhīti, “enemy”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰɔ̌ːps/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰops/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θops/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θops/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θops/

Noun

θώψ • (thṓps) m (genitive θωπός); third declension

adulator, flatterer
A false friend.

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ θώψ; τοῦ θωπός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θώψ ho thṓps	τὼ θῶπε tṑ thôpe	οἱ θῶπες hoi thôpes
Genitive	τοῦ θωπός toû thōpós	τοῖν θωποῖν toîn thōpoîn	τῶν θωπῶν tôn thōpôn
Dative	τῷ θωπῐ́ tōî thōpĭ́	τοῖν θωποῖν toîn thōpoîn	τοῖς θωψῐ́ / θωψῐ́ν toîs thōpsĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὸν θῶπᾰ tòn thôpă	τὼ θῶπε tṑ thôpe	τοὺς θῶπᾰς toùs thôpăs
Vocative	θώψ thṓps	θῶπε thôpe	θῶπες thôpes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“θώψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
θώψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette