γαμψός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, the word may well be from Pre-Greek and related to γνάμπτω (gnámptō, “to bend”) and κάμπτω (kámptō, “to curve”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡamp.sós/ → /ɣampˈsos/ → /ɣampˈsos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡamp.sós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡampˈsos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣampˈsos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣampˈsos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣampˈsos/

Adjective

γαμψός • (gampsós) m (feminine γαμψή, neuter γαμψόν); first/second declension

1. curved, crooked

Inflection

First and second declension of γαμψός; γαμψή; γαμψόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		γαμψός gampsós	γαμψή gampsḗ	γαμψόν gampsón		γαμψώ gampsṓ	γαμψᾱ́ gampsā́	γαμψώ gampsṓ		γαμψοί gampsoí	γαμψαί gampsaí	γαμψᾰ́ gampsá
Genitive		γαμψοῦ gampsoû	γαμψῆς gampsês	γαμψοῦ gampsoû		γαμψοῖν gampsoîn	γαμψαῖν gampsaîn	γαμψοῖν gampsoîn		γαμψῶν gampsôn	γαμψῶν gampsôn	γαμψῶν gampsôn
Dative		γαμψῷ gampsôi	γαμψῇ gampsêi	γαμψῷ gampsôi		γαμψοῖν gampsoîn	γαμψαῖν gampsaîn	γαμψοῖν gampsoîn		γαμψοῖς gampsoîs	γαμψαῖς gampsaîs	γαμψοῖς gampsoîs
Accusative		γαμψόν gampsón	γαμψήν gampsḗn	γαμψόν gampsón		γαμψώ gampsṓ	γαμψᾱ́ gampsā́	γαμψώ gampsṓ		γαμψούς gampsoús	γαμψᾱ́ς gampsā́s	γαμψᾰ́ gampsá
Vocative		γαμψέ gampsé	γαμψή gampsḗ	γαμψόν gampsón		γαμψώ gampsṓ	γαμψᾱ́ gampsā́	γαμψώ gampsṓ		γαμψοί gampsoí	γαμψαί gampsaí	γαμψᾰ́ gampsá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		γαμψῶς gampsôs				γαμψότερος gampsóteros				γαμψότᾰτος gampsótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• γαμψότης (gampsótēs)
• γαμψόω (gampsóō)
• γαμψωλή (gampsōlḗ)
• γαμψῶνυξ (gampsônux)

 

Further reading

• “γαμψός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γαμψός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γαμψός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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