λίψ
Ancient Greek
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *leyb-, the same root of λείβω (leíbō, “to pour”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /líps/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lips/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lips/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lips/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /lips/
Noun
λῐ́ψ • (lĭ́ps) m (genitive λῐβός); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ λῐ́ψ ho lĭ́ps |
τὼ λῐ́βε tṑ lĭ́be |
οἱ λῐ́βες hoi lĭ́bes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λῐβός toû lĭbós |
τοῖν λῐβοῖν toîn lĭboîn |
τῶν λῐβῶν tôn lĭbôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λῐβῐ́ tōî lĭbĭ́ |
τοῖν λῐβοῖν toîn lĭboîn |
τοῖς λῐψῐ́ / λῐψῐ́ν toîs lĭpsĭ́(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν λῐ́βᾰ tòn lĭ́bă |
τὼ λῐ́βε tṑ lĭ́be |
τοὺς λῐ́βᾰς toùs lĭ́băs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λῐ́ψ lĭ́ps |
λῐ́βε lĭ́be |
λῐ́βες lĭ́bes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- →? Arabic: رِيح لَبَاش (rīḥ labāš), رِيح لَبَاج (rīḥ labāj)
- →? Sicilian: libiciu
- → Maltese: lbiċ
- →? Sicilian: libiciu
Etymology 2
From the same root of λίπτω (líptō, “to desire”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /líps/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lips/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lips/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lips/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /lips/
Noun
λῐ́ψ • (lĭ́ps) f (genitive λιβός); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ λῐ́ψ hē lĭ́ps |
τὼ λῐ́βε tṑ lĭ́be |
αἱ λῐ́βες hai lĭ́bes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς λῐβός tês lĭbós |
τοῖν λῐβοῖν toîn lĭboîn |
τῶν λῐβῶν tôn lĭbôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ λῐβῐ́ tēî lĭbĭ́ |
τοῖν λῐβοῖν toîn lĭboîn |
ταῖς λῐψῐ́ / λῐψῐ́ν taîs lĭpsĭ́(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν λῐ́βᾰ tḕn lĭ́bă |
τὼ λῐ́βε tṑ lĭ́be |
τᾱ̀ς λῐ́βᾰς tā̀s lĭ́băs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λῐ́ψ lĭ́ps |
λῐ́βε lĭ́be |
λῐ́βες lĭ́bes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “λίψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λίψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λίψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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
- Hesychius' Lexicon: λ