γύψος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡýp.sos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡyp.sos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈʝyp.sos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈʝyp.sos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈʝip.sos/
Noun
γύψος • (gúpsos) f (genitive γύψου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ γῠ́ψος hē gúpsos |
τὼ γῠ́ψω tṑ gúpsō |
αἱ γῠ́ψοι hai gúpsoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς γῠ́ψου tês gúpsou |
τοῖν γῠ́ψοιν toîn gúpsoin |
τῶν γῠ́ψων tôn gúpsōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ γῠ́ψῳ têi gúpsōi |
τοῖν γῠ́ψοιν toîn gúpsoin |
ταῖς γῠ́ψοις taîs gúpsois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν γῠ́ψον tḕn gúpson |
τὼ γῠ́ψω tṑ gúpsō |
τᾱ̀ς γῠ́ψους tā̀s gúpsous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γῠ́ψε gúpse |
γῠ́ψω gúpsō |
γῠ́ψοι gúpsoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- γυψεμπλαστής (gupsemplastḗs)
- γυψεμπλαστικός (gupsemplastikós)
- γυψίζω (gupsízō)
- γυψική (gupsikḗ)
- γύψινος (gúpsinos)
- γυψίον (gupsíon)
- γυψισμός (gupsismós)
- γυψοειδής (gupsoeidḗs)
- γυψόω (gupsóō)
- γυψώδης (gupsṓdēs)
- γύψωσις (gúpsōsis)
- γυψωτής (gupsōtḗs)
- γυψωτός (gupsōtós)
Descendants
References
- “γύψος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γύψος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γύψος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γύψος (gúpsos).
Noun
γύψος • (gýpsos) m (plural γύψοι)
- gypsum
- plaster (wall coating)
- plaster of Paris, plaster cast (treatment for broken bones)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | γύψος (gýpsos) | γύψοι (gýpsoi) |
| genitive | γύψου (gýpsou) | γύψων (gýpson) |
| accusative | γύψο (gýpso) | γύψους (gýpsous) |
| vocative | γύψε (gýpse) | γύψοι (gýpsoi) |
Further reading
γύψος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
