θρίψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Beekes suggests .

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰrǐːps/ → /θrips/ → /θrips/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰrǐːps/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰrips/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θrips/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θrips/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θrips/

Noun

θρῑ́ψ • (thrī́ps) m (genitive θρῑπός); ? declension

1. woodworm
2. (figuratively) skinflint, miser

Declension

Third declension of ὁ θρῑ́ψ; τοῦ θρῑπός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ θρῑ́ψ ho thrī́ps	τὼ θρῖπε tṑ thrîpe	οἱ θρῖπες hoi thrîpes
Genitive	τοῦ θρῑπός toû thrīpós	τοῖν θρῑποῖν toîn thrīpoîn	τῶν θρῑπῶν tôn thrīpôn
Dative	τῷ θρῑπῐ́ tôi thrīpí	τοῖν θρῑποῖν toîn thrīpoîn	τοῖς θρῑψῐ́ / θρῑψῐ́ν toîs thrīpsí(n)
Accusative	τὸν θρῖπᾰ tòn thrîpa	τὼ θρῖπε tṑ thrîpe	τοὺς θρῖπᾰς toùs thrîpas
Vocative	θρῑ́ψ thrī́ps	θρῖπε thrîpe	θρῖπες thrîpes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “θρίψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θρίψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• θρίψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette