τρῖψις
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τρῑ́βω (trī́bō, “to rub”) + -σῐς (-sis, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /trîːp.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtrip.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈtrip.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈtrip.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈtrip.sis/
Noun
τρῖψῐς • (trîpsis) f (genitive τρῑ́ψεως); third declension
- rubbing, friction
- wear and tear, especially of garments
- resistance to wear, durability
- (in the plural) potted meats
- massage
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ τρῖψῐς hē trîpsis |
τὼ τρῑ́ψει tṑ trī́psei |
αἱ τρῑ́ψεις hai trī́pseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς τρῑ́ψεως tês trī́pseōs |
τοῖν τρῑψέοιν toîn trīpséoin |
τῶν τρῑ́ψεων tôn trī́pseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ τρῑ́ψει têi trī́psei |
τοῖν τρῑψέοιν toîn trīpséoin |
ταῖς τρῑ́ψεσῐ / τρῑ́ψεσῐν taîs trī́psesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν τρῖψῐν tḕn trîpsin |
τὼ τρῑ́ψει tṑ trī́psei |
τᾱ̀ς τρῑ́ψεις tā̀s trī́pseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τρῖψῐ trîpsi |
τρῑ́ψει trī́psei |
τρῑ́ψεις trī́pseis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- English: tripsis, lithotripsy
References
- “τρῖψις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press