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

(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

worm which eats wood and horn

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ῑ̓́ψ; τοῦ ῑ̓πός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῑ̓́ψ ho ī́ps	τὼ ἶπε tṑ îpe	οἱ ἶπες hoi îpes
Genitive	τοῦ ῑ̓πός toû īpós	τοῖν ῑ̓ποῖν toîn īpoîn	τῶν ῑ̓πῶν tôn īpôn
Dative	τῷ ῑ̓πῐ́ tôi īpĭ́	τοῖν ῑ̓ποῖν toîn īpoîn	τοῖς ῑ̓ψῐ́ / ῑ̓ψῐ́ν toîs īpsĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἶπᾰ tòn îpă	τὼ ἶπε tṑ îpe	τοὺς ἶπᾰς toùs îpăs
Vocative	ῑ̓́ψ ī́ps	ἶπε îpe	ἶπες îpes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Translingual: Ips

“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