λάψα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown, but probably a Wanderwort related to Proto-Semitic *lapt- (“turnip”), Sumerian 𒇻𒂠𒊬 (LU-UB₂ŠAR /lub/, “turnip”). Only attested as a gloss in Hesychius.
Pronunciation
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlap.sa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlap.sa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlap.sa/
Noun
λάψᾰ • (lápsa) f (genitive λάψης); first declension
- (hapax) turnip
- Synonym: γογγυλίς (gongulís)
- 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Λ:
- λάψα· γογγυλίς. Περγαῖοι
- lápsa; gongulís. Pergaîoi
- lápsa: turnip. Citizens of Perge
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ λᾰ́ψᾰ hē lápsa |
αἱ λᾰ́ψαι hai lápsai | |||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς λᾰ́ψης tês lápsēs |
τῶν λᾰψῶν tôn lapsôn | |||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ λᾰ́ψῃ têi lápsēi |
ταῖς λᾰ́ψαις taîs lápsais | |||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν λᾰ́ψᾰν tḕn lápsan |
τᾱ̀ς λᾰ́ψᾱς tā̀s lápsās | |||||||||||
| Vocative | λᾰ́ψᾰ lápsa |
λᾰ́ψαι lápsai | |||||||||||
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Further reading
- “λάψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λάψα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
- Hesychius' Lexicon: λ
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