ῥώψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

The word may be related to ῥαπίζω (rhapízō, “to cudgel, thrash”) and also to ῥέπω (rhépō, “to incline”) and ῥέμβω (rhémbō, “to turn in circles”), but connections outside Greek are not found. The word may be of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥ɔ̌ːps/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /rops/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /rops/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /rops/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /rops/

Noun

ῥώψ • (rhṓps) f (genitive ῥωπός); third declension

(in the plural) brushwood, underwood

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ῥώψ; τῆς ῥωπός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥώψ hē rhṓps	τὼ ῥῶπε tṑ rhôpe	αἱ ῥῶπες hai rhôpes
Genitive	τῆς ῥωπός tês rhōpós	τοῖν ῥωποῖν toîn rhōpoîn	τῶν ῥωπῶν tôn rhōpôn
Dative	τῇ ῥωπῐ́ tēî rhōpĭ́	τοῖν ῥωποῖν toîn rhōpoîn	ταῖς ῥωψῐ́ / ῥωψῐ́ν taîs rhōpsĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῥῶπᾰ tḕn rhôpă	τὼ ῥῶπε tṑ rhôpe	τᾱ̀ς ῥῶπᾰς tā̀s rhôpăs
Vocative	ῥώψ rhṓps	ῥῶπε rhôpe	ῥῶπες rhôpes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ῥωπάκιον (rhōpákion)
ῥῶπαξ (rhôpax)
ῥωπάς (rhōpás)
ῥωπεύω (rhōpeúō)
ῥωπήεις (rhōpḗeis)
ῥωπήϊον (rhōpḗïon)
ῥωπίον (rhōpíon)
χαμαίρωψ (khamaírōps)

Etymology 2

From Egyptian rms (“ship”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥ɔ̌ːps/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /rops/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /rops/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /rops/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /rops/

Noun

ῥώψ • (rhṓps) ? (indeclinable)

kind of Egyptian ship made of papyrus

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

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