κάψις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κάπτω (káptō, “to gulp down”) +‎ σις (sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /káp.sis/ → /ˈkap.sis/ → /ˈkap.sis/

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

Noun

κᾰ́ψῐς • (kápsis) f (genitive κᾰ́ψεως); third declension

1. a gulping down
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 8.6.1

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κᾰ́ψῐς; τῆς κᾰ́ψεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰ́ψῐς hē kápsis	τὼ κᾰ́ψει tṑ kápsei	αἱ κᾰ́ψεις hai kápseis
Genitive	τῆς κᾰ́ψεως tês kápseōs	τοῖν κᾰψέοιν toîn kapséoin	τῶν κᾰ́ψεων tôn kápseōn
Dative	τῇ κᾰ́ψει têi kápsei	τοῖν κᾰψέοιν toîn kapséoin	ταῖς κᾰ́ψεσῐ / κᾰ́ψεσῐν taîs kápsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κᾰ́ψῐν tḕn kápsin	τὼ κᾰ́ψει tṑ kápsei	τᾱ̀ς κᾰ́ψεις tā̀s kápseis
Vocative	κᾰ́ψῐ kápsi	κᾰ́ψει kápsei	κᾰ́ψεις kápseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ᾰ̓νᾰ́κᾰψῐς (anákapsis)

References

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