θάψος

See also: Θάψος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Θάψος (Thápsos), because the plant was originally from this place.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰáp.sos/ → /ˈθap.sos/ → /ˈθap.sos/

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

Noun

θάψος • (thápsos) f (genitive θάψου); second declension

1. fustic (Cotinus coggygria)

Declension

Second declension of ἡ θᾰ́ψος; τῆς θᾰ́ψου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θᾰ́ψος hē thápsos	τὼ θᾰ́ψω tṑ thápsō	αἱ θᾰ́ψοι hai thápsoi
Genitive	τῆς θᾰ́ψου tês thápsou	τοῖν θᾰ́ψοιν toîn thápsoin	τῶν θᾰ́ψων tôn thápsōn
Dative	τῇ θᾰ́ψῳ têi thápsōi	τοῖν θᾰ́ψοιν toîn thápsoin	ταῖς θᾰ́ψοις taîs thápsois
Accusative	τὴν θᾰ́ψον tḕn thápson	τὼ θᾰ́ψω tṑ thápsō	τᾱ̀ς θᾰ́ψους tā̀s thápsous
Vocative	θᾰ́ψε thápse	θᾰ́ψω thápsō	θᾰ́ψοι thápsoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• θαψία (thapsía)
• θάψινος (thápsinos)

 

Further reading

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