ῥάψις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ῥάπτω (rháptō, “to stitch, sew”) + -σῐς (-sĭs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥áp.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈrap.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈrap.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈrap.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈrap.sis/
Noun
ῥᾰ́ψῐς • (rhắpsĭs) f (genitive ῥᾰ́ψεως); third declension
- stitching together
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ῥᾰ́ψῐς hē rhắpsĭs |
τὼ ῥᾰ́ψει tṑ rhắpsei |
αἱ ῥᾰ́ψεις hai rhắpseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ῥᾰ́ψεως tês rhắpseōs |
τοῖν ῥᾰψέοιν toîn rhăpséoin |
τῶν ῥᾰ́ψεων tôn rhắpseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ῥᾰ́ψει tēî rhắpsei |
τοῖν ῥᾰψέοιν toîn rhăpséoin |
ταῖς ῥᾰ́ψεσῐ / ῥᾰ́ψεσῐν taîs rhắpsesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ῥᾰ́ψῐν tḕn rhắpsĭn |
τὼ ῥᾰ́ψει tṑ rhắpsei |
τᾱ̀ς ῥᾰ́ψεις tā̀s rhắpseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῥᾰ́ψῐ rhắpsĭ |
ῥᾰ́ψει rhắpsei |
ῥᾰ́ψεις rhắpseis | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ῥαψῳδός (rhapsōidós)
References
- “ῥάψις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ῥάψις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette