θώψ

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly Pre-Greek, perhaps related to θάμβος (thámbos, “amazement”, “astonishment”). But compare Sanskrit दभ (dabha, “deceiving”), Sanskrit दभीति (dabhīti, “enemy”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

θώψ • (thṓps) m (genitive θωπός); third declension

  1. adulator, flatterer
  2. A false friend.

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ θώψ; τοῦ θωπός (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ θώψ
ho thṓps 		τὼ θῶπε
tṑ thôpe 		οἱ θῶπες
hoi thôpes
Genitive τοῦ θωπός
toû thōpós 		τοῖν θωποῖν
toîn thōpoîn 		τῶν θωπῶν
tôn thōpôn
Dative τῷ θωπῐ́
tôi thōpí 		τοῖν θωποῖν
toîn thōpoîn 		τοῖς θωψῐ́ / θωψῐ́ν
toîs thōpsí(n)
Accusative τὸν θῶπᾰ
tòn thôpa 		τὼ θῶπε
tṑ thôpe 		τοὺς θῶπᾰς
toùs thôpas
Vocative θώψ
thṓps 		θῶπε
thôpe 		θῶπες
thôpes
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References

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