κνίψ

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 27 October 2024

Alternative forms

σκνῑ́ψ (sknī́ps)

Etymology

Formation rhyming with θρῑ́ψ (thrī́ps, “woodworm”) and ῑ̓́ψ (ī́ps, “kind of worm”). It has been compared with words for "pinching" in Baltic and Germanic, but these are rather European substrate words. Beekes points towards Pre-Greek, on the basis of long -ῑ- (-ī-) and prothetic σ- (s-) for a very small kind of animal.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /knǐːps/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈknips/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈknips/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈknips/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈknips/

Noun

κνῑ́ψ • (knī́ps) m (genitive κνῑπός); third declension

a kind of insect that infests fig and oak trees and devours the gallfly

Declension

Third declension of ὁ κνῑ́ψ; τοῦ κνῑπός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κνῑ́ψ ho knī́ps	τὼ κνῖπε tṑ knîpe	οἱ κνῖπες hoi knîpes
Genitive	τοῦ κνῑπός toû knīpós	τοῖν κνῑποῖν toîn knīpoîn	τῶν κνῑπῶν tôn knīpôn
Dative	τῷ κνῑπῐ́ tōî knīpĭ́	τοῖν κνῑποῖν toîn knīpoîn	τοῖς κνῑψῐ́ / κνῑψῐ́ν toîs knīpsĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὸν κνῖπᾰ tòn knîpă	τὼ κνῖπε tṑ knîpe	τοὺς κνῖπᾰς toùs knîpăs
Vocative	κνῑ́ψ knī́ps	κνῖπε knîpe	κνῖπες knîpes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κνῑπείᾱ (knīpeíā)
κνῑπειον (knīpeion)
κνῑπεύω (knīpeúō)
κνῑπολόγος (knīpológos)
κνῑπόομαι (knīpóomai)
κνῑπότης (knīpótēs)