πάππος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Reduplicated nursery word; compare πάππας (páppas, “daddy, papa”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /páp.pos/ → /ˈpap.pos/ → /ˈpa.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /páp.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpap.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpap.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpap.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pos/

Noun

πᾰ́ππος • (pắppos) m (genitive πᾰ́ππου); second declension

1. grandfather (both maternal or paternal)
2. (in the plural) grandparents
3. (in general) ascendant, ancestor
4. pantaloon, a character in comic dramas
5. (botany) pappus, down on the seeds of certain plants
6. first down on the chin
7. small bird in whose nest the cuckoo lays

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ πᾰ́ππος; τοῦ πᾰ́ππου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πᾰ́ππος ho pắppos	τὼ πᾰ́ππω tṑ pắppō	οἱ πᾰ́πποι hoi pắppoi
Genitive	τοῦ πᾰ́ππου toû pắppou	τοῖν πᾰ́πποιν toîn pắppoin	τῶν πᾰ́ππων tôn pắppōn
Dative	τῷ πᾰ́ππῳ tōî pắppōi	τοῖν πᾰ́πποιν toîn pắppoin	τοῖς πᾰ́πποις toîs pắppois
Accusative	τὸν πᾰ́ππον tòn pắppon	τὼ πᾰ́ππω tṑ pắppō	τοὺς πᾰ́ππους toùs pắppous
Vocative	πᾰ́ππε pắppe	πᾰ́ππω pắppō	πᾰ́πποι pắppoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Coordinate terms

Ancient Greek family terms

γένος (génos, “family”)		Male	Female
parent		πατήρ (patḗr, “father”)	μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”)
grandparent		πάππος (páppos, “grandfather”)	τήθη (tḗthē, “grandmother”)
sibling		ᾰ̓δελφός (ădelphós, “brother”)	ἀδελφή (adelphḗ, “sister”)
cousin		ἀνεψιός (anepsiós, “male cousin”)	ἀνεψιά (anepsiá, “female cousin”)
child		υἱός (huiós, “son”)	θυγάτηρ (thugátēr, “daughter”)
grandchild		υἱωνός (huiōnós, “grandson”)	υἱωνή (huiōnḗ, “granddaughter”)
parent's sibling	general	θεῖος (theîos, “uncle”)	θεία (theía, “aunt”)
	paternal	πάτρως (pátrōs, “paternal uncle”)
	maternal	μήτρως (mḗtrōs, “maternal uncle”)
sibling's child		ἀδελφιδοῦς (adelphidoûs, “nephew”)	ἀδελφιδῆ (adelphidê, “niece”)
spouse		γαμέτης (gamétēs, “husband”)	γαμετή (gametḗ, “wife”)
spouse's parent		πενθερός (pentherós, “father-in-law”)	πενθερά (pentherá, “mother-in-law”)
child's spouse		γαμβρός (gambrós, “son-in-law”)	νύμφη (númphē, “daughter-in-law”)
sibling's spouse			γάλως (gálōs, “sister-in-law”)
		δαήρ (daḗr, “brother-in-law”)

Derived terms

• ἐπίπαππος (epípappos)
• παππάζω (pappázō)
• παππασμός (pappasmós)
• παππεπίπαππος (pappepípappos)
• παππίας (pappías)
• παππίδιον (pappídion)
• παππίζω (pappízō)
• παππικός (pappikós)
• παπποκτόνος (pappoktónos)
• παπποσπέρματα (pappospérmata)
• παπποφόνος (pappophónos)
• παππώδης (pappṓdēs)
• παππωνυμικῶς (pappōnumikôs)
• παππῷς (pappōîs)
• πρόπαππος (própappos)

Descendants

• Byzantine Greek:
  • Greek: πάππος (páppos)
  • Mariupol Greek: па́пус (pápus)
  • → Romani: pàpos
• → Latin: pappus
  • Aromanian: pap
  • → English: pappus
  • → Italian: pappo

Further reading

• “πάππος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πάππος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πάππος” 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

Greek

Alternative forms

• παππούς m (pappoús)
• παππούλης m (pappoúlis)

Noun

πάππος • (páppos) m (plural πάπποι)

1. grandfather

Declension

Declension of πάππος

	singular	plural
nominative	πάππος (páppos)	πάπποι (páppoi)
genitive	πάππου (páppou)	πάππων (páppon)
accusative	πάππο (páppo)	πάππους (páppous)
vocative	πάππε (páppe)	πάπποι (páppoi)

Related terms

• γιαγιά f (giagiá, “grandmother”)