οἴσπη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from the same Pre-Greek source of οἰσύπη (oisúpē, “lanoline”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ǒi̯s.pɛː/ → /ˈys.pi/ → /ˈis.pi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǒi̯s.pɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈys.pe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈys.pi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈys.pi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈis.pi/

Noun

οἴσπη • (oíspē) f (genitive οἴσπης); first declension

1. sheep dung, especially the dirt that collects about the hinder parts of sheep and goats

Inflection

First declension of ἡ οἴσπη; τῆς οἴσπης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ οἴσπη hē oíspē	τὼ οἴσπᾱ tṑ oíspā	αἱ οἶσπαι hai oîspai
Genitive	τῆς οἴσπης tês oíspēs	τοῖν οἴσπαιν toîn oíspain	τῶν οἰσπῶν tôn oispôn
Dative	τῇ οἴσπῃ têi oíspēi	τοῖν οἴσπαιν toîn oíspain	ταῖς οἴσπαις taîs oíspais
Accusative	τὴν οἴσπην tḕn oíspēn	τὼ οἴσπᾱ tṑ oíspā	τᾱ̀ς οἴσπᾱς tā̀s oíspās
Vocative	οἴσπη oíspē	οἴσπᾱ oíspā	οἶσπαι oîspai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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