λίψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *leyb-, the same root of λείβω (leíbō, “to pour”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /líps/ → /lips/ → /lips/

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

Noun

λῐ́ψ • (lĭ́ps) m (genitive λῐβός); third declension

1. southwest
2. southwestern wind

Declension

Third declension of ὁ λῐ́ψ; τοῦ λῐβός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λῐ́ψ ho lĭ́ps	τὼ λῐ́βε tṑ lĭ́be	οἱ λῐ́βες hoi lĭ́bes
Genitive	τοῦ λῐβός toû lĭbós	τοῖν λῐβοῖν toîn lĭboîn	τῶν λῐβῶν tôn lĭbôn
Dative	τῷ λῐβῐ́ tôi lĭbĭ́	τοῖν λῐβοῖν toîn lĭboîn	τοῖς λῐψῐ́ / λῐψῐ́ν toîs lĭpsĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὸν λῐ́βᾰ tòn lĭ́bă	τὼ λῐ́βε tṑ lĭ́be	τοὺς λῐ́βᾰς toùs lĭ́băs
Vocative	λῐ́ψ lĭ́ps	λῐ́βε lĭ́be	λῐ́βες lĭ́bes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• →? Arabic: رِيح لَبَاش (rīḥ labāš), رِيح لَبَاج (rīḥ labāj)
  • →? Sicilian: libiciu
    • → Maltese: lbiċ

Etymology 2

From the same root of λίπτω (líptō, “to desire”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /líps/ → /lips/ → /lips/

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

Noun

λίψ • (líps)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: ἐπιθυμία (epithumía, “desire, yearning”).

Further reading

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