ἔφαψις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐφᾰ́πτω (epháptō, “lay hold of, touch”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

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 • (éphapsis) 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 éphapsis	τὼ ἐφᾰ́ψει tṑ ephápsei	αἱ ἐφᾰ́ψεις hai ephápseis
Genitive	τῆς ἐφᾰ́ψεως tês ephápseōs	τοῖν ἐφᾰψέοιν toîn ephapséoin	τῶν ἐφᾰ́ψεων tôn ephápseōn
Dative	τῇ ἐφᾰ́ψει têi ephápsei	τοῖν ἐφᾰψέοιν toîn ephapséoin	ταῖς ἐφᾰ́ψεσῐ / ἐφᾰ́ψεσῐν taîs ephápsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἔφᾰψῐν tḕn éphapsin	τὼ ἐφᾰ́ψει tṑ ephápsei	τᾱ̀ς ἐφᾰ́ψεις tā̀s ephápseis
Vocative	ἔφᾰψῐ éphapsi	ἐφᾰ́ψει ephápsei	ἐφᾰ́ψεις ephápseis
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