ῥίψ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ῥῖπος (rhîpos)

Etymology

No agreement outside Greek. Traditionally connected with ῥίπτω (rhíptō, “to throw; to hurl”) on the basis of a shared underlying sense of "turn; wind". However, this connection fails due to the weak semantics.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ῥῑ́ψ • (rhī́ps) f (genitive ῥῑπός); third declension

mat; wickerwork; wattle; plaited work of osiers or rushes

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ῥῑ́ψ; τῆς ῥῑπός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥῑ́ψ hē rhī́ps	τὼ ῥῖπε tṑ rhîpe	αἱ ῥῖπες hai rhîpes
Genitive	τῆς ῥῑπός tês rhīpós	τοῖν ῥῑποῖν toîn rhīpoîn	τῶν ῥῑπῶν tôn rhīpôn
Dative	τῇ ῥῑπῐ́ tēî rhīpĭ́	τοῖν ῥῑποῖν toîn rhīpoîn	ταῖς ῥῑψῐ́ / ῥῑψῐ́ν taîs rhīpsĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῥῖπᾰ tḕn rhîpă	τὼ ῥῖπε tṑ rhîpe	τᾱ̀ς ῥῖπᾰς tā̀s rhîpăs
Vocative	ῥῑ́ψ rhī́ps	ῥῖπε rhîpe	ῥῖπες rhîpes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ῥῑπῐ́ς (rhīpĭ́s)