αἰπύς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Furnée connects it with ἐξαίφνης (exaíphnēs, “on a sudden”) and ἄφνω (áphnō, “suddenly”). Probably of Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "pregrc" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF. origin. Compare αἰπός (aipós), αἰπεινός (aipeinós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ai̯.pýs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɛˈpys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɛˈpys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpis/
Adjective
αἰπῠ́ς • (aipús) m (feminine αἰπεῖᾰ, neuter αἰπύ); first/third declension (Epic, poetic)
- steep, sheer
- (of cities) set on a steep slope, on the top of a hill: high, lofty
- (figurative) sheer, utter
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.11–12:
- ἔνθ' ἄλλοι μὲν πάντες, ὅσοι φύγον αἰπὺν ὄλεθρον,
οἴκοι ἔσαν, πόλεμόν τε πεφευγότες ἠδὲ θάλασσαν·- énth' álloi mèn pántes, hósoi phúgon aipùn ólethron,
oíkoi ésan, pólemón te pepheugótes ēdè thálassan; - Then all the others, who had fled sheer destruction,
were at home, and had escaped war and the sea.
- énth' álloi mèn pántes, hósoi phúgon aipùn ólethron,
- ἔνθ' ἄλλοι μὲν πάντες, ὅσοι φύγον αἰπὺν ὄλεθρον,
Inflection
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | αἰπῠ́ς aipús |
αἰπεῖᾰ aipeîa |
αἰπῠ́ aipú |
αἰπέε aipée |
αἰπείᾱ aipeíā |
αἰπέε aipée |
αἰπέες aipées |
αἰπεῖαι aipeîai |
αἰπέᾰ aipéa | |||||
Genitive | αἰπέος aipéos |
αἰπείης aipeíēs |
αἰπέος aipéos |
αἰπέοιῐν aipéoiin |
αἰπείαιν / αἰπείαιῐν / αἰπείῃῐν aipeíai(i)n / aipeíēiin |
αἰπέοιῐν aipéoiin |
αἰπέων aipéōn |
αἰπειᾱ́ων / αἰπειέ͜ων / αἰπειῶν aipeiā́ōn / aipeié͜ōn / aipeiôn |
αἰπέων aipéōn | |||||
Dative | αἰπεῖ aipeî |
αἰπείῃ aipeíēi |
αἰπεῖ aipeî |
αἰπέοιῐν aipéoiin |
αἰπείαιν / αἰπείαιῐν / αἰπείῃῐν aipeíai(i)n / aipeíēiin |
αἰπέοιῐν aipéoiin |
αἰπέεσσῐ / αἰπέεσσῐν / αἰπέεσῐ / αἰπέεσῐν / αἰπέσῐ / αἰπέσῐν aipéessi(n) / aipéesi(n) / aipési(n) |
αἰπείῃσῐ / αἰπείῃσῐν / αἰπείῃς / αἰπείαις aipeíēisi(n) / aipeíēis / aipeíais |
αἰπέεσσῐ / αἰπέεσσῐν / αἰπέεσῐ / αἰπέεσῐν / αἰπέσῐ / αἰπέσῐν aipéessi(n) / aipéesi(n) / aipési(n) | |||||
Accusative | αἰπῠ́ν aipún |
αἰπεῖᾰν aipeîan |
αἰπῠ́ aipú |
αἰπέε aipée |
αἰπείᾱ aipeíā |
αἰπέε aipée |
αἰπέᾰς aipéas |
αἰπείᾱς aipeíās |
αἰπέᾰ aipéa | |||||
Vocative | αἰπῠ́ aipú |
αἰπεῖᾰ aipeîa |
αἰπῠ́ aipú |
αἰπέε aipée |
αἰπείᾱ aipeíā |
αἰπέε aipée |
αἰπέες aipées |
αἰπεῖαι aipeîai |
αἰπέᾰ aipéa | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
αἰπέως aipéōs |
αἰπῠ́τερος aipúteros |
αἰπῠ́τᾰτος aipútatos | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms
References
- “αἰπύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “αἰπύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “αἰπύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- αἰπύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- αἰπύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- αἰπύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “αἰπύς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- 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