παυσικάπη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παῦσις (paûsis, “stopping, ceasing”) +‎ κάπτω (káptō, “to gulp down”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pau̯.si.ká.pɛː/ → /paɸ.siˈka.pi/ → /paf.siˈka.pi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pau̯.si.ká.pɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paʍ.siˈka.pe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paɸ.siˈka.pi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paf.siˈka.pi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paf.siˈka.pi/

Noun

παυσῐκᾰ́πη • (pausikápē) f (genitive παυσῐκᾰ́πης); first declension

1. collar worn by slaves while grinding corn or kneading bread, to prevent them from eating

Inflection

First declension of ἡ παυσῐκᾰ́πη; τῆς παυσῐκᾰ́πης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ παυσῐκᾰ́πη hē pausikápē	τὼ παυσῐκᾰ́πᾱ tṑ pausikápā	αἱ παυσῐκᾰ́παι hai pausikápai
Genitive	τῆς παυσῐκᾰ́πης tês pausikápēs	τοῖν παυσῐκᾰ́παιν toîn pausikápain	τῶν παυσῐκᾰπῶν tôn pausikapôn
Dative	τῇ παυσῐκᾰ́πῃ têi pausikápēi	τοῖν παυσῐκᾰ́παιν toîn pausikápain	ταῖς παυσῐκᾰ́παις taîs pausikápais
Accusative	τὴν παυσῐκᾰ́πην tḕn pausikápēn	τὼ παυσῐκᾰ́πᾱ tṑ pausikápā	τᾱ̀ς παυσῐκᾰ́πᾱς tā̀s pausikápās
Vocative	παυσῐκᾰ́πη pausikápē	παυσῐκᾰ́πᾱ pausikápā	παυσῐκᾰ́παι pausikápai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “παυσικάπη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• παυσικάπη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette