ῥάπισμα

See also: ράπισμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥαπίζω (rhapízō, “to strike, thrash, cudgel, hit, slap”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῥάπισμα • (rhápisma) n (genitive ῥαπίσματος); third declension

  1. a rap, knock, stroke, blow (with a rod or staff or scourge)
  2. a slap (on the face), smack, blow (with the palm of the hand)
    ὁ ἅγιος Νικόλαος, θείῳ ζήλῳ κινούμενος, ἔδωκεν ἕν ῥάπισμα, ὅπου ἐσείσθησαν τά μέλη τοῦ
    ho hágios Nikólaos, theíōi zḗlōi kinoúmenos, édōken hén rhápisma, hópou eseísthēsan tá mélē toû
    Saint Nicholas, being moved by divine zeal, delivered a slap, whereupon his limbs trembled
  3. (figurative) a strike, blow, slap in the face, smack in the face

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ῥάπισμᾰ; τοῦ ῥαπίσμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ῥάπισμᾰ
tò rhápismă 		τὼ ῥαπίσμᾰτε
tṑ rhapísmăte 		τᾰ̀ ῥαπίσμᾰτᾰ
tằ rhapísmătă
Genitive τοῦ ῥαπίσμᾰτος
toû rhapísmătos 		τοῖν ῥαπισμᾰ́τοιν
toîn rhapismắtoin 		τῶν ῥαπισμᾰ́των
tôn rhapismắtōn
Dative τῷ ῥαπίσμᾰτῐ
tōî rhapísmătĭ 		τοῖν ῥαπισμᾰ́τοιν
toîn rhapismắtoin 		τοῖς ῥαπίσμᾰσῐ / ῥαπίσμᾰσῐν
toîs rhapísmăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ ῥάπισμᾰ
tò rhápismă 		τὼ ῥαπίσμᾰτε
tṑ rhapísmăte 		τᾰ̀ ῥαπίσμᾰτᾰ
tằ rhapísmătă
Vocative ῥάπισμᾰ
rhápismă 		ῥαπίσμᾰτε
rhapísmăte 		ῥαπίσμᾰτᾰ
rhapísmătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: rhapisma
  • → Greek: ράπισμα (rápisma) (learned)

Further reading

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