ἴψος

See also: Ἴψος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἰψός (ipsós)

Etymology

Unknown. Compared to Proto-Indo-European *h₁ebʰ-, with possible cognates Albanian bërshen (“yew, juniper”), Proto-Celtic *eburos (“yew”) and Proto-Germanic *ibahs (“ivy”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /íp.sos/ → /ˈip.sos/ → /ˈip.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /íp.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈip.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈip.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈip.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈip.sos/

Noun

ἴψος • (ípsos) m (genitive ἴψου); second declension

1. cork oak (Quercus suber)

   Synonyms: θηλῠ́πρῑνος (thēlŭ́prīnos), φελλός (phellós)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ῐ̓́ψος; τοῦ ῐ̓́ψου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῐ̓́ψος ho ĭ́psos	τὼ ῐ̓́ψω tṑ ĭ́psō	οἱ ῐ̓́ψοι hoi ĭ́psoi
Genitive	τοῦ ῐ̓́ψου toû ĭ́psou	τοῖν ῐ̓́ψοιν toîn ĭ́psoin	τῶν ῐ̓́ψων tôn ĭ́psōn
Dative	τῷ ῐ̓́ψῳ tôi ĭ́psōi	τοῖν ῐ̓́ψοιν toîn ĭ́psoin	τοῖς ῐ̓́ψοις toîs ĭ́psois
Accusative	τὸν ῐ̓́ψον tòn ĭ́pson	τὼ ῐ̓́ψω tṑ ĭ́psō	τοὺς ῐ̓́ψους toùs ĭ́psous
Vocative	ῐ̓́ψε ĭ́pse	ῐ̓́ψω ĭ́psō	ῐ̓́ψοι ĭ́psoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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