οἰσύπη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

οἴσυπος (oísupos)

Etymology

Explained as "ὀϝι-σύπη", like the synonym οἰσπώτη (oispṓtē), with an unclear second member. There is clear evidence for οἴσπη (oíspē, “sheep dung”), but it is difficult to decide whether the form with "υ" or the form without it is secondary. According to Beekes, the word is undoubtedly from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.sý.pɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /yˈsy.pe̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈsy.pi/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈsy.pi/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈsi.pi/

Noun

οἰσύπη • (oisúpē) f (genitive οἰσύπης); first declension

lanolin, grease extracted from sheep's wool

Inflection

First declension of ἡ οἰσῠ́πη; τῆς οἰσῠ́πης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ οἰσῠ́πη hē oisŭ́pē	τὼ οἰσῠ́πᾱ tṑ oisŭ́pā	αἱ οἰσῠ́παι hai oisŭ́pai
Genitive	τῆς οἰσῠ́πης tês oisŭ́pēs	τοῖν οἰσῠ́παιν toîn oisŭ́pain	τῶν οἰσῠπῶν tôn oisŭpôn
Dative	τῇ οἰσῠ́πῃ tēî oisŭ́pēi	τοῖν οἰσῠ́παιν toîn oisŭ́pain	ταῖς οἰσῠ́παις taîs oisŭ́pais
Accusative	τὴν οἰσῠ́πην tḕn oisŭ́pēn	τὼ οἰσῠ́πᾱ tṑ oisŭ́pā	τᾱ̀ς οἰσῠ́πᾱς tā̀s oisŭ́pās
Vocative	οἰσῠ́πη oisŭ́pē	οἰσῠ́πᾱ oisŭ́pā	οἰσῠ́παι oisŭ́pai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

οἰσύπειον (oisúpeion)
οἰσυπηρός (oisupērós)
οἰσυπίς (oisupís)
οἰσυπόεις (oisupóeis)
οἰσυπώδης (oisupṓdēs)

Descendants

→ Latin: oesypum
→ Classical Syriac: ܙܘܦܐ (zōpā)