ἶπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unexplained. One could compare ἰψών (ipsṓn, “prison”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἶπος • (îpos) f (genitive ἴ̄που); second declension

  1. piece of wood in a mousetrap, that falls and catches the rodent
  2. press of a fuller or for medical purposes

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ ἶπος; τῆς ῑ̓́που (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἶπος
hē îpos 		τὼ ῑ̓́πω
tṑ ī́pō 		αἱ ἶποι
hai îpoi
Genitive τῆς ῑ̓́που
tês ī́pou 		τοῖν ῑ̓́ποιν
toîn ī́poin 		τῶν ῑ̓́πων
tôn ī́pōn
Dative τῇ ῑ̓́πῳ
tēî ī́pōi 		τοῖν ῑ̓́ποιν
toîn ī́poin 		ταῖς ῑ̓́ποις
taîs ī́pois
Accusative τὴν ἶπον
tḕn îpon 		τὼ ῑ̓́πω
tṑ ī́pō 		τᾱ̀ς ῑ̓́πους
tā̀s ī́pous
Vocative ἶπε
îpe 		ῑ̓́πω
ī́pō 		ἶποι
îpoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἰπόω (ipóō)
  • ἴπωσις (ípōsis)
  • ἰπωτήριον (ipōtḗrion)
  • ἰπωτρίς (ipōtrís)

Further reading

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