ἶπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unexplained. One could compare ἰψών (ipsṓn, “prison”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἶπος • (îpos) f (genitive ἴ̄που); second declension

  1. piece of wood in a mousetrap, that falls and catches the rodent
  2. press of a fuller or for medical purposes

Inflection
Second declension of ἡ ἶπος; τῆς ῑ̓́που (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἶπος
hē îpos		 τὼ ῑ̓́πω
tṑ ī́pō		 αἱ ἶποι
hai îpoi
Genitive τῆς ῑ̓́που
tês ī́pou		 τοῖν ῑ̓́ποιν
toîn ī́poin		 τῶν ῑ̓́πων
tôn ī́pōn
Dative τῇ ῑ̓́πῳ
têi ī́pōi		 τοῖν ῑ̓́ποιν
toîn ī́poin		 ταῖς ῑ̓́ποις
taîs ī́pois
Accusative τὴν ἶπον
tḕn îpon		 τὼ ῑ̓́πω
tṑ ī́pō		 τᾱ̀ς ῑ̓́πους
tā̀s ī́pous
Vocative ἶπε
îpe		 ῑ̓́πω
ī́pō		 ἶποι
îpoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ἰπόω (ipóō)
  • ἴπωσις (ípōsis)
  • ἰπωτήριον (ipōtḗrion)
  • ἰπωτρίς (ipōtrís)

Further reading
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