ἴψος
See also: Ἴψος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἰψός (ipsós)
Etymology
Unknown. Compared to Proto-Indo-European *h₁ebʰ-, with possible cognates Albanian bërshen (“yew, juniper”), Proto-Celtic *eburos (“yew”) and Proto-Germanic *ibahs (“ivy”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /íp.sos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈip.sos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈip.sos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈip.sos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈip.sos/
Noun
ἴψος • (ípsos) m (genitive ἴψου); second declension
- cork oak (Quercus suber)
- Synonyms: θηλῠ́πρῑνος (thēlŭ́prīnos), φελλός (phellós)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ῐ̓́ψος ho ĭ́psos |
τὼ ῐ̓́ψω tṑ ĭ́psō |
οἱ ῐ̓́ψοι hoi ĭ́psoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ῐ̓́ψου toû ĭ́psou |
τοῖν ῐ̓́ψοιν toîn ĭ́psoin |
τῶν ῐ̓́ψων tôn ĭ́psōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ῐ̓́ψῳ tōî ĭ́psōi |
τοῖν ῐ̓́ψοιν toîn ĭ́psoin |
τοῖς ῐ̓́ψοις toîs ĭ́psois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ῐ̓́ψον tòn ĭ́pson |
τὼ ῐ̓́ψω tṑ ĭ́psō |
τοὺς ῐ̓́ψους toùs ĭ́psous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῐ̓́ψε ĭ́pse |
ῐ̓́ψω ĭ́psō |
ῐ̓́ψοι ĭ́psoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἴψος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἴψος 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