τρῖψις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρῑ́βω (trī́bō, “to rub”) +‎ -σῐς (-sis, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trîːp.sis/ → /ˈtrip.sis/ → /ˈtrip.sis/

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

Noun

τρῖψῐς • (trîpsis) f (genitive τρῑ́ψεως); third declension

1. rubbing, friction
   1. wear and tear, especially of garments
2. resistance to wear, durability
3. (in the plural) potted meats
4. massage

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ τρῖψῐς; τῆς τρῑ́ψεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τρῖψῐς hē trîpsis	τὼ τρῑ́ψει tṑ trī́psei	αἱ τρῑ́ψεις hai trī́pseis
Genitive	τῆς τρῑ́ψεως tês trī́pseōs	τοῖν τρῑψέοιν toîn trīpséoin	τῶν τρῑ́ψεων tôn trī́pseōn
Dative	τῇ τρῑ́ψει têi trī́psei	τοῖν τρῑψέοιν toîn trīpséoin	ταῖς τρῑ́ψεσῐ / τρῑ́ψεσῐν taîs trī́psesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν τρῖψῐν tḕn trîpsin	τὼ τρῑ́ψει tṑ trī́psei	τᾱ̀ς τρῑ́ψεις tā̀s trī́pseis
Vocative	τρῖψῐ trîpsi	τρῑ́ψει trī́psei	τρῑ́ψεις trī́pseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: tripsis, lithotripsy

References

• “τρῖψις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press