φάψ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
The formation is similar to other bird names, such as γύψ (gúps, “vulture”) and σκώψ (skṓps, “owl”). The word is clearly related to φάσσα (phássa, “pigeon”) and thus Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰáps/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰaps/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸaps/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /faps/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /faps/
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ φᾰ́ψ hē pháps |
τὼ φᾰ́βε tṑ phábe |
αἱ φᾰ́βες hai phábes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς φᾰβός tês phabós |
τοῖν φᾰβοῖν toîn phaboîn |
τῶν φᾰβῶν tôn phabôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ φᾰβῐ́ têi phabí |
τοῖν φᾰβοῖν toîn phaboîn |
ταῖς φᾰψῐ́ / φᾰψῐ́ν taîs phapsí(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν φᾰ́βᾰ tḕn phába |
τὼ φᾰ́βε tṑ phábe |
τᾱ̀ς φᾰ́βᾰς tā̀s phábas | ||||||||||
Vocative | φᾰ́ψ pháps |
φᾰ́βε phábe |
φᾰ́βες phábes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- φαβοκτόνος (phaboktónos)
- φαβοτύπος (phabotúpos)
Further reading
- φάψ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φάψ 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 9789004174207
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