θλάσπις

Ancient Greek

Unknown. The traditional derivation from θλᾰ́ω (thlắō, “to crush; to bruise”) is folk-etymological.^[1]

θλᾰ́σπῐς • (thlắspĭs) f (genitive θλᾰ́σπεως); third declension

Third declension of ἡ θλᾰ́σπῐς; τῆς θλᾰ́σπεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θλᾰ́σπῐς hē thlắspĭs	τὼ θλᾰ́σπει tṑ thlắspei	αἱ θλᾰ́σπεις hai thlắspeis
Genitive	τῆς θλᾰ́σπεως tês thlắspeōs	τοῖν θλᾰσπέοιν toîn thlăspéoin	τῶν θλᾰ́σπεων tôn thlắspeōn
Dative	τῇ θλᾰ́σπει tēî thlắspei	τοῖν θλᾰσπέοιν toîn thlăspéoin	ταῖς θλᾰ́σπεσῐ / θλᾰ́σπεσῐν taîs thlắspesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν θλᾰ́σπῐν tḕn thlắspĭn	τὼ θλᾰ́σπει tṑ thlắspei	τᾱ̀ς θλᾰ́σπεις tā̀s thlắspeis
Vocative	θλᾰ́σπῐ thlắspĭ	θλᾰ́σπει thlắspei	θλᾰ́σπεις thlắspeis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἡ θλᾰ́σπῐς; τῆς θλᾰ́σπῐος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θλᾰ́σπῐς hē thlắspĭs	τὼ θλᾰ́σπῐε tṑ thlắspĭe	αἱ θλᾰ́σπῐες hai thlắspĭes
Genitive	τῆς θλᾰ́σπῐος tês thlắspĭos	τοῖν θλᾰσπῐ́οιν toîn thlăspĭ́oin	τῶν θλᾰσπῐ́ων tôn thlăspĭ́ōn
Dative	τῇ θλᾰ́σπῑ tēî thlắspī	τοῖν θλᾰσπῐ́οιν toîn thlăspĭ́oin	τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν θλᾰ́σπῐσῐ / θλᾰ́σπῐσῐν tēîsĭ(n) thlắspĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν θλᾰ́σπῐν tḕn thlắspĭn	τὼ θλᾰ́σπῐε tṑ thlắspĭe	τᾱ̀ς θλᾰ́σπῑς / θλᾰ́σπῐᾰς tā̀s thlắspīs / thlắspĭăs
Vocative	θλᾰ́σπῐ thlắspĭ	θλᾰ́σπῐε thlắspĭe	θλᾰ́σπῐες thlắspĭes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “θλάσπις”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 550