ἐμπίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Popular derivation from ἐμπίνω (empínō, “to drink (blood)”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἐμπῐ́ς • (empís) f (genitive ἐμπῐ́δος); third declension

  1. A mosquito, a gnat
  2. The larva of the oestrus

Declension
Third declension of ἡ ἐμπῐ́ς; τῆς ἐμπῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἐμπῐ́ς
hē empís		 τὼ ἐμπῐ́δε
tṑ empíde		 αἱ ἐμπῐ́δες
hai empídes
Genitive τῆς ἐμπῐ́δος
tês empídos		 τοῖν ἐμπῐ́δοιν
toîn empídoin		 τῶν ἐμπῐ́δων
tôn empídōn
Dative τῇ ἐμπῐ́δῐ
têi empídi		 τοῖν ἐμπῐ́δοιν
toîn empídoin		 ταῖς ἐμπῐ́σῐ / ἐμπῐ́σῐν
taîs empísi(n)
Accusative τὴν ἐμπῐ́δᾰ
tḕn empída		 τὼ ἐμπῐ́δε
tṑ empíde		 τᾱ̀ς ἐμπῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s empídas
Vocative ἐμπῐ́ς
empís		 ἐμπῐ́δε
empíde		 ἐμπῐ́δες
empídes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants
  • Translingual: Empis

Further reading
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