ῥάψις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥάπτω (rháptō, “to stitch, sew”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥áp.sis/ → /ˈrap.sis/ → /ˈrap.sis/

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

Noun

ῥᾰ́ψῐς • (rhápsis) f (genitive ῥᾰ́ψεως); third declension

1. stitching together

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ῥᾰ́ψῐς; τῆς ῥᾰ́ψεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥᾰ́ψῐς hē rhápsis	τὼ ῥᾰ́ψει tṑ rhápsei	αἱ ῥᾰ́ψεις hai rhápseis
Genitive	τῆς ῥᾰ́ψεως tês rhápseōs	τοῖν ῥᾰψέοιν toîn rhapséoin	τῶν ῥᾰ́ψεων tôn rhápseōn
Dative	τῇ ῥᾰ́ψει têi rhápsei	τοῖν ῥᾰψέοιν toîn rhapséoin	ταῖς ῥᾰ́ψεσῐ / ῥᾰ́ψεσῐν taîs rhápsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῥᾰ́ψῐν tḕn rhápsin	τὼ ῥᾰ́ψει tṑ rhápsei	τᾱ̀ς ῥᾰ́ψεις tā̀s rhápseis
Vocative	ῥᾰ́ψῐ rhápsi	ῥᾰ́ψει rhápsei	ῥᾰ́ψεις rhápseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ῥαψῳδός (rhapsōidós)

References

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