ἅψος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἅπτω (háptō, “to fasten”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /háp.sos/ → /ˈap.sos/ → /ˈap.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /háp.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ap.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈap.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈap.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈap.sos/

Noun

ἅψος • (hápsos) n (genitive ἅψεος); third declension

1. (anatomy) juncture, joint

   Synonym: ἄρθρον (árthron)

2. (in the plural) limbs

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ᾰ̔́ψος; τοῦ ᾰ̔́ψεος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̔́ψος tò hápsos	τὼ ᾰ̔́ψεε tṑ hápsee	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̔́ψεᾰ tà hápsea
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̔́ψεος toû hápseos	τοῖν ᾰ̔ψέοιν toîn hapséoin	τῶν ᾰ̔ψέων tôn hapséōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̔́ψεῐ̈ tôi hápseï	τοῖν ᾰ̔ψέοιν toîn hapséoin	τοῖς ᾰ̔́ψεσῐ / ᾰ̔́ψεσῐν toîs hápsesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̔́ψος tò hápsos	τὼ ᾰ̔́ψεε tṑ hápsee	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̔́ψεᾰ tà hápsea
Vocative	ᾰ̔́ψος hápsos	ᾰ̔́ψεε hápsee	ᾰ̔́ψεᾰ hápsea
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: hapsus

Further reading

• “ἅψος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἅψος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἅψος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἅψος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)