γύψος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡýp.sos/ → /ˈʝyp.sos/ → /ˈʝip.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡýp.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡyp.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝyp.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝyp.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝip.sos/

Noun

γύψος • (gúpsos) f (genitive γύψου); second declension

1. chalk
2. cement

Declension

Second declension of ἡ γῠ́ψος; τῆς γῠ́ψου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γῠ́ψος hē gúpsos	τὼ γῠ́ψω tṑ gúpsō	αἱ γῠ́ψοι hai gúpsoi
Genitive	τῆς γῠ́ψου tês gúpsou	τοῖν γῠ́ψοιν toîn gúpsoin	τῶν γῠ́ψων tôn gúpsōn
Dative	τῇ γῠ́ψῳ têi gúpsōi	τοῖν γῠ́ψοιν toîn gúpsoin	ταῖς γῠ́ψοις taîs gúpsois
Accusative	τὴν γῠ́ψον tḕn gúpson	τὼ γῠ́ψω tṑ gúpsō	τᾱ̀ς γῠ́ψους tā̀s gúpsous
Vocative	γῠ́ψε gúpse	γῠ́ψω gúpsō	γῠ́ψοι gúpsoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• γυψεμπλαστής (gupsemplastḗs)
• γυψεμπλαστικός (gupsemplastikós)
• γυψίζω (gupsízō)
• γυψική (gupsikḗ)
• γύψινος (gúpsinos)
• γυψίον (gupsíon)
• γυψισμός (gupsismós)
• γυψοειδής (gupsoeidḗs)
• γυψόω (gupsóō)
• γυψώδης (gupsṓdēs)
• γύψωσις (gúpsōsis)
• γυψωτής (gupsōtḗs)
• γυψωτός (gupsōtós)

Descendants

• → Arabic: جِبْس (jibs)
• Greek: γύψος (gýpsos)
• → Latin: gypsum (see there for further descendants)

References

• “γύψος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γύψος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γύψος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos).

Noun

γύψος • (gýpsos) m (plural γύψοι)

1. gypsum
2. plaster (wall coating)
3. plaster of Paris, plaster cast (treatment for broken bones)

Declension

Declension of γύψος

	singular	plural
nominative	γύψος •	γύψοι •
genitive	γύψου •	γύψων •
accusative	γύψο •	γύψους •
vocative	γύψε •	γύψοι •

Further reading

• γύψος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el