ἴψος

See also: Ἴψος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἰψός (ipsós)

Etymology

Unknown. Compared to Proto-Indo-European *h₁ebʰ-, with possible cognates Albanian bërshen (“yew, juniper”), Proto-Celtic *eburos (“yew”) and Proto-Germanic *ibahs (“ivy”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /íp.sos/ → /ˈip.sos/ → /ˈip.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /íp.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈip.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈip.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈip.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈip.sos/

Noun

ἴψος • (ípsos) m (genitive ἴψου); second declension

1. cork oak (Quercus suber)

   Synonyms: θηλῠ́πρῑνος (thēlúprīnos), φελλός (phellós)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ῐ̓́ψος; τοῦ ῐ̓́ψου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῐ̓́ψος ho ípsos	τὼ ῐ̓́ψω tṑ ípsō	οἱ ῐ̓́ψοι hoi ípsoi
Genitive	τοῦ ῐ̓́ψου toû ípsou	τοῖν ῐ̓́ψοιν toîn ípsoin	τῶν ῐ̓́ψων tôn ípsōn
Dative	τῷ ῐ̓́ψῳ tôi ípsōi	τοῖν ῐ̓́ψοιν toîn ípsoin	τοῖς ῐ̓́ψοις toîs ípsois
Accusative	τὸν ῐ̓́ψον tòn ípson	τὼ ῐ̓́ψω tṑ ípsō	τοὺς ῐ̓́ψους toùs ípsous
Vocative	ῐ̓́ψε ípse	ῐ̓́ψω ípsō	ῐ̓́ψοι ípsoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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