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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἅπτω (háptō, “I fasten to”) + -σις (-sis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hap.sǐːs/ → /apˈsis/ → /apˈsis/
Noun
ἁψῑ́ς • (hapsī́s) f (genitive ἁψῖδος); third declension
- net, mesh
- wheel, hoop, disc
- Any curved form: bow, arch, shield, vault
Inflection
Descendants
Further reading
- “ἁψίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἁψίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἁψίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἁψίς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἁψίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.