ἁψίς

See also: ἀψίς and ἅψις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀψίς (apsís) — Epic, Ionic

Etymology

From ἅπτω (háptō, “I fasten to”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hap.sǐːs/ → /apˈsis/ → /apˈsis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hap.sǐːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)apˈsis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /apˈsis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /apˈsis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /apˈsis/

Noun

ἁψῑ́ς • (hapsī́s) f (genitive ἁψῖδος); third declension

1. net, mesh
2. wheel, hoop, disc
3. Any curved form: bow, arch, shield, vault

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἁψῑ́ς; τῆς ἁψῖδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἁψῑ́ς hē hapsī́s	τὼ ἁψῖδε tṑ hapsîde	αἱ ἁψῖδες hai hapsîdes
Genitive	τῆς ἁψῖδος tês hapsîdos	τοῖν ἁψῑ́δοιν toîn hapsī́doin	τῶν ἁψῑ́δων tôn hapsī́dōn
Dative	τῇ ἁψῖδῐ tēî hapsîdĭ	τοῖν ἁψῑ́δοιν toîn hapsī́doin	ταῖς ἁψῖσῐ / ἁψῖσῐν taîs hapsîsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἁψῖδᾰ / ἁψῖν tḕn hapsîdă / hapsîn	τὼ ἁψῖδε tṑ hapsîde	τᾱ̀ς ἁψῖδᾰς tā̀s hapsîdăs
Vocative	ἁψῑ́ς hapsī́s	ἁψῖδε hapsîde	ἁψῖδες hapsîdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Related terms

• ἄναψις (ánapsis)
• ἔναψις (énapsis)
• ἔξαψις (éxapsis)
• ἔφαψις (éphapsis)
• κάθαψις (káthapsis)
• προσέξαψις (proséxapsis)
• σύναψις (súnapsis)

Descendants

• → Greek: αψίδα (apsída) (learned)
• Latin: absis, apsis
  • English: apse
• Old Armenian: ափսէ (apʻsē)
  • Armenian: ափսե (apʻse)
  • Abaza: апс (aps)
  • Adyghe: апс (aps)
• → Ottoman Turkish: اپسد (ipsid), اسپید (ispid)
  • Turkish: ispit
• Russian: абси́да (absída), апси́да (apsída)

Further reading

• “ἁψίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἁψίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἁψίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἁψίς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἁψίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • arch idem, page 38.
  • felloe idem, page 314.
  • vault idem, page 945.