πάπας

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See also: παπάς and παπᾶς

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πάπας • (pápas) m (genitive πάπου); first declension

  1. Koine form of πάππας (páppas, “papa, daddy”)

Declension

First declension of ὁ πάπας; τοῦ πάπου (Koine)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ πάπας
ho pápas
Genitive τοῦ πάπου
toû pápou
Dative τῷ πάπᾳ
tôi pápāi
Accusative τὸν πάπαν
tòn pápan
Vocative πάπα
pápa

Greek

Etymology

Either[1] 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,[2] 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

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.pas/ - compare to παπάς (papás)
  • Hyphenation: πά‧πας

Noun

πάπας • (pápas) m (plural πάπες)

  1. (Christianity) pope (the bishop of Rome)
    Antonym: αντίπαπας (antípapas, “antipope”)

Declension

Declension of πάπας
singular plural
nominative πάπας (pápas) πάπες (pápes)
genitive πάπα (pápa) παπών (papón)
accusative πάπα (pápa) πάπες (pápes)
vocative πάπα (pápa) πάπες (pápes)

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ πάπας, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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