ἴψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably related to ἴξ (íx, “kind of worm”) as a Pre-Greek element. This word rhymes with other Pre-Greek nouns like θρίψ (thríps, “woodworm”) and κνίψ (kníps, “insect found under the bark of trees”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǐːps/ → /ips/ → /ips/

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

Noun

ἴ̄ψ • (í̄ps) m (genitive ἰ̄πός); third declension

1. worm which eats wood and horn

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ἴ̄ψ; τοῦ ἰ̄πός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἴ̄ψ ho í̄ps	τὼ ἰ̄πε tṑ īpe	οἱ ἰ̄πες hoi īpes
Genitive	τοῦ ἰ̄πός toû īpós	τοῖν ἰ̄ποῖν toîn īpoîn	τῶν ἰ̄πῶν tôn īpôn
Dative	τῷ ἰ̄πῐ́ tôi īpí	τοῖν ἰ̄ποῖν toîn īpoîn	τοῖς ἰ̄ψῐ́ / ἰ̄ψῐ́ν toîs īpsí(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἰ̄πᾰ tòn īpa	τὼ ἰ̄πε tṑ īpe	τοὺς ἰ̄πᾰς toùs īpas
Vocative	ἴ̄ψ í̄ps	ἰ̄πε īpe	ἰ̄πες īpes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἴψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἴψ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἴψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἴψ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• 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