ἁρπίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ῥαπίς (rhapís)

Etymology

According to Hesychius, the word is Laconian. The presence of the variant ῥαπίς (rhapís) suggests a Pre-Greek origin of this word.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἁρπῐ́ς • (harpĭ́s) f (genitive ἁρπῖδος); third declension

  1. half-boot
    Synonym: κρηπῐ́ς (krēpĭ́s)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἁρπῐ́ς; τῆς ἁρπῖδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἁρπῐ́ς
hē harpĭ́s 		τὼ ἁρπῖδε
tṑ harpîde 		αἱ ἁρπῖδες
hai harpîdes
Genitive τῆς ἁρπῖδος
tês harpîdos 		τοῖν ἁρπῑ́δοιν
toîn harpī́doin 		τῶν ἁρπῑ́δων
tôn harpī́dōn
Dative τῇ ἁρπῖδῐ
tēî harpîdĭ 		τοῖν ἁρπῑ́δοιν
toîn harpī́doin 		ταῖς ἁρπῖσῐ / ἁρπῖσῐν
taîs harpîsĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ἁρπῖδᾰ
tḕn harpîdă 		τὼ ἁρπῖδε
tṑ harpîde 		τᾱ̀ς ἁρπῖδᾰς
tā̀s harpîdăs
Vocative ἁρπῐ́ς
harpĭ́s 		ἁρπῖδε
harpîde 		ἁρπῖδες
harpîdes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

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