αἶψα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• αἶψ’ (aîps’) — apocopic
• ἦψα (êpsa) — Boeotian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /âi̯p.sa/ → /ˈɛp.sa/ → /ˈep.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /âi̯p.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛp.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɛp.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈep.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈep.sa/

Adverb

αἶψα • (aîpsa)

1. quickly, all of a sudden

Related terms

• αἰψηροκέλευθος (aipsērokéleuthos, “swift”) (of the wind Boreas)
• αἰψηρός (aipsērós, “speedy”)
• λαιψηροδρόμος (laipsērodrómos, “swift-running”)
• λαιψηρός (laipsērós, “swift”)

References

• “αἶψα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press