θάλψις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θάλπω (thálpō, “to warm up, to heat”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰálp.sis/ → /ˈθalp.sis/ → /ˈθalp.sis/

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

Noun

θάλψῐς • (thálpsis) f (genitive θάλψεως); third declension

1. A warming, a fomenting
2. A cherishing

Declension

Third declension of ἡ θᾰ́λψῐς; τῆς θᾰ́λψεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θᾰ́λψῐς hē thálpsis	τὼ θᾰ́λψει tṑ thálpsei	αἱ θᾰ́λψεις hai thálpseis
Genitive	τῆς θᾰ́λψεως tês thálpseōs	τοῖν θᾰλψέοιν toîn thalpséoin	τῶν θᾰ́λψεων tôn thálpseōn
Dative	τῇ θᾰ́λψει têi thálpsei	τοῖν θᾰλψέοιν toîn thalpséoin	ταῖς θᾰ́λψεσῐ / θᾰ́λψεσῐν taîs thálpsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν θᾰ́λψῐν tḕn thálpsin	τὼ θᾰ́λψει tṑ thálpsei	τᾱ̀ς θᾰ́λψεις tā̀s thálpseis
Vocative	θᾰ́λψῐ thálpsi	θᾰ́λψει thálpsei	θᾰ́λψεις thálpseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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