ἅψος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἅπτω (háptō, “to fasten”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /háp.sos/ → /ˈap.sos/ → /ˈap.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /háp.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ap.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈap.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈap.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈap.sos/

Noun

ἅψος • (hápsos) n (genitive ἅψεος); third declension

1. (anatomy) juncture, joint

   Synonym: ἄρθρον (árthron)

2. (in the plural) limbs

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ᾰ̔́ψος; τοῦ ᾰ̔́ψεος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̔́ψος tò hắpsos	τὼ ᾰ̔́ψεε tṑ hắpsee	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̔́ψεᾰ tằ hắpseă
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̔́ψεος toû hắpseos	τοῖν ᾰ̔ψέοιν toîn hăpséoin	τῶν ᾰ̔ψέων tôn hăpséōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̔́ψεῐ̈ tôi hắpseĭ̈	τοῖν ᾰ̔ψέοιν toîn hăpséoin	τοῖς ᾰ̔́ψεσῐ / ᾰ̔́ψεσῐν toîs hắpsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̔́ψος tò hắpsos	τὼ ᾰ̔́ψεε tṑ hắpsee	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̔́ψεᾰ tằ hắpseă
Vocative	ᾰ̔́ψος hắpsos	ᾰ̔́ψεε hắpsee	ᾰ̔́ψεᾰ hắpseă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: hapsus

Further reading

• “ἅψος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἅψος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἅψος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἅψος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)