ἔφαψις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐφᾰ́πτω (ephắptō, “lay hold of, touch”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.pʰap.sis/ → /ˈe.ɸap.sis/ → /ˈe.fap.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.pʰap.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.pʰap.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ɸap.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.fap.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.fap.sis/

Noun

ἔφᾰψῐς • (éphăpsĭs) f (genitive ἐφᾰ́ψεως); third declension

1. a touch, caress

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἔφᾰψῐς; τῆς ἐφᾰ́ψεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἔφᾰψῐς hē éphăpsĭs	τὼ ἐφᾰ́ψει tṑ ephắpsei	αἱ ἐφᾰ́ψεις hai ephắpseis
Genitive	τῆς ἐφᾰ́ψεως tês ephắpseōs	τοῖν ἐφᾰψέοιν toîn ephăpséoin	τῶν ἐφᾰ́ψεων tôn ephắpseōn
Dative	τῇ ἐφᾰ́ψει têi ephắpsei	τοῖν ἐφᾰψέοιν toîn ephăpséoin	ταῖς ἐφᾰ́ψεσῐ / ἐφᾰ́ψεσῐν taîs ephắpsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἔφᾰψῐν tḕn éphăpsĭn	τὼ ἐφᾰ́ψει tṑ ephắpsei	τᾱ̀ς ἐφᾰ́ψεις tā̀s ephắpseis
Vocative	ἔφᾰψῐ éphăpsĭ	ἐφᾰ́ψει ephắpsei	ἐφᾰ́ψεις ephắpseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἔφαψις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἔφαψις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔφαψις in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften