νίψις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νῐ́ζω (nízō, “to wash the hands or feet”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /níp.sis/ → /ˈnip.sis/ → /ˈnip.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /níp.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈnip.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈnip.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈnip.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈnip.sis/

Noun

νῐ́ψῐς • (nípsis) f (genitive νῐ́ψεως); third declension

1. washing (of hands or feet)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ νῐ́ψῐς; τῆς νῐ́ψεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ νῐ́ψῐς hē nípsis	τὼ νῐ́ψει tṑ nípsei	αἱ νῐ́ψεις hai nípseis
Genitive	τῆς νῐ́ψεως tês nípseōs	τοῖν νῐψέοιν toîn nipséoin	τῶν νῐ́ψεων tôn nípseōn
Dative	τῇ νῐ́ψει têi nípsei	τοῖν νῐψέοιν toîn nipséoin	ταῖς νῐ́ψεσῐ / νῐ́ψεσῐν taîs nípsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν νῐ́ψῐν tḕn nípsin	τὼ νῐ́ψει tṑ nípsei	τᾱ̀ς νῐ́ψεις tā̀s nípseis
Vocative	νῐ́ψῐ nípsi	νῐ́ψει nípsei	νῐ́ψεις nípseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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