μάψ

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Adverb in -ς, always occurring before vowel, of unexplained origin. Not related to Latin mox (“soon”). It could well be Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

μάψ • (máps)

in vain

Derived terms

μαψιδίως (mapsidíōs)

Further reading

“μάψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“μάψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“μάψ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
μάψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
μάψ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“μάψ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
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

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