πάπας
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Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpa.pas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpa.pas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpa.pas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpa.pas/
Noun
πάπας • (pápas) m (genitive πάπου); first declension
Declension
Greek
Etymology
Either Inherited from Byzantine Greek πάπας (pápas, “pope”), from Medieval Latin papa (a mediaeval αντιδάνειο (antidáneio, “repatriated loanword”), from Late Koine Greek πάπας (pápas, “Christian priest; bishop of Rome”),...
or, a modern αντιδάνειο (antidáneio, “reborrowing”) from Medieval Latin papa, from Late Koine Greek πάπας (pápas, “Christian priest; bishop of Rome”),...
which derives from Ancient Greek πάππας (páppas, “papa, daddy”), an imitative/nursery word (See French papa).
The etymology of πάπας -and παπᾶς (papâs)- is discussed by Eustathius at Opuscula 38.line 58 & 39.50.
Pronunciation
Noun
πάπας • (pápas) m (plural πάπες)
Declension
declension of πάπας
References
- ^ πάπας - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
- ^ πάπας - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
Further reading
πάπας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
