λύπη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. The traditional connection to Sanskrit लुप् (lup, “to break, tear apart”) can be dismissed, as the Sanskrit root is much more likely from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- (“to break, tear up”), which cannot produce the Greek term.

Beekes tentatively prefers a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *lewp- (“to peel off”), whence Proto-Balto-Slavic *láupīˀtei (“to cause to bend; to peel”). While phonetically sound and semantically possible, the lack of evidence directly connecting the Greek sense of "grief, pain" to the hypothetical original "peeling, breaking" sense renders the etymology uncertain.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

λῡ́πη • (lū́pē) f (genitive λῡ́πης); first declension

  1. grief, sadness
  2. pain (of mind or body), suffering, affliction, distress
    Antonym: ἡδονή (hēdonḗ)

Declension

First declension of ἡ λῡ́πη; τῆς λῡ́πης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ λῡ́πη
hē lū́pē 		τὼ λῡ́πᾱ
tṑ lū́pā 		αἱ λῦπαι
hai lûpai
Genitive τῆς λῡ́πης
tês lū́pēs 		τοῖν λῡ́παιν
toîn lū́pain 		τῶν λῡπῶν
tôn lūpôn
Dative τῇ λῡ́πῃ
tēî lū́pēi 		τοῖν λῡ́παιν
toîn lū́pain 		ταῖς λῡ́παις
taîs lū́pais
Accusative τὴν λῡ́πην
tḕn lū́pēn 		τὼ λῡ́πᾱ
tṑ lū́pā 		τᾱ̀ς λῡ́πᾱς
tā̀s lū́pās
Vocative λῡ́πη
lū́pē 		λῡ́πᾱ
lū́pā 		λῦπαι
lûpai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: λύπη (lýpi)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λῡ́πη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 878-9

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λύπη (lúpē).

Pronunciation

Noun

λύπη • (lýpi) f (plural λύπες)

  1. sorrow, sadness, unhappiness, suffering
  2. pity, compassion
  3. regret

Declension

Declension of λύπη
singular plural
nominative λύπη (lýpi) λύπες (lýpes)
genitive λύπης (lýpis) λυπών (lypón)
accusative λύπη (lýpi) λύπες (lýpes)
vocative λύπη (lýpi) λύπες (lýpes)

Synonyms

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