θλάσπις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• θλάσπι (thláspi)

Etymology

Unknown. Derivation from θλάω (thláō, “to crush, bruise”) is folk-etymological.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰlás.pis/ → /ˈθlas.pis/ → /ˈθlas.pis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰlás.pis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰlas.pis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθlas.pis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθlas.pis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθlas.pis/

Noun

θλάσπῐς • (thláspĭs) f (genitive θλάσπεως); third declension

1. shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)

   Synonym: βότρυον (bótruon)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ θλᾰ́σπῐς; τῆς θλᾰ́σπεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θλᾰ́σπῐς hē thlắspĭs	τὼ θλᾰ́σπει tṑ thlắspei	αἱ θλᾰ́σπεις hai thlắspeis
Genitive	τῆς θλᾰ́σπεως tês thlắspeōs	τοῖν θλᾰσπέοιν toîn thlăspéoin	τῶν θλᾰ́σπεων tôn thlắspeōn
Dative	τῇ θλᾰ́σπει têi thlắspei	τοῖν θλᾰσπέοιν toîn thlăspéoin	ταῖς θλᾰ́σπεσῐ / θλᾰ́σπεσῐν taîs thlắspesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν θλᾰ́σπῐν tḕn thlắspĭn	τὼ θλᾰ́σπει tṑ thlắspei	τᾱ̀ς θλᾰ́σπεις tā̀s thlắspeis
Vocative	θλᾰ́σπῐ thlắspĭ	θλᾰ́σπει thlắspei	θλᾰ́σπεις thlắspeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• θλασπίδιον (thlaspídion)

Descendants

• → Latin: thlaspi
• → Translingual: Thlaspi

Further reading

• “θλάσπις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θλάσπις 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