τύπος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From τῠ́πτω (túptō, I poke, beat).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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τῠ́πος (túposm (genitive τῠ́που); second declension

  1. A blow, pressing
  2. The results of a blow: mark, impression
  3. mark, figure, image, outline
  4. General character of a thing: sort, type
  5. text, content
  6. pattern, example, model
  7. summoning

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Aramaic: טופסא
  • Old Armenian: տիպ (tip)
  • Greek: τύπος (týpos)
  • Hebrew: טִיפּוּס (típus)
  • Latin: typus (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τύπτω (> DER A. τύπος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1518-9

Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos).

The colloquial meaning of "guy, chap" is a semantic loan from French type. Sense "the press", semantic loan from French presse.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈti.pos/
  • Hyphenation: τύ‧πος

Noun

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τύπος (týposm (plural τύποι)

  1. sort, type, mould, stamp (of a person character)
  2. model, type (of car, etc)
  3. shape, form
  4. the press, the newspapers collectively
  5. formality, convention
  6. (chemistry, mathematics) formula
  7. (colloquial) a man, a guy, a chap

Declension

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Derived terms

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