νίψις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From νῐ́ζω (nĭ́zō, “to wash the hands or feet”) + -σῐς (-sĭs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /níp.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈnip.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈnip.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈnip.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈnip.sis/
Noun
νῐ́ψῐς • (nĭ́psĭs) f (genitive νῐ́ψεως); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ νῐ́ψῐς hē nĭ́psĭs |
τὼ νῐ́ψει tṑ nĭ́psei |
αἱ νῐ́ψεις hai nĭ́pseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς νῐ́ψεως tês nĭ́pseōs |
τοῖν νῐψέοιν toîn nĭpséoin |
τῶν νῐ́ψεων tôn nĭ́pseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ νῐ́ψει tēî nĭ́psei |
τοῖν νῐψέοιν toîn nĭpséoin |
ταῖς νῐ́ψεσῐ / νῐ́ψεσῐν taîs nĭ́psesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν νῐ́ψῐν tḕn nĭ́psĭn |
τὼ νῐ́ψει tṑ nĭ́psei |
τᾱ̀ς νῐ́ψεις tā̀s nĭ́pseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | νῐ́ψῐ nĭ́psĭ |
νῐ́ψει nĭ́psei |
νῐ́ψεις nĭ́pseis | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “νίψις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- νίψις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette