δαψιλής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the aorist stem of δάπτω (dáptō, “to devour, consume”), with a suffix in -ιλ-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dap.si.lɛ̌ːs/ → /ðap.siˈlis/ → /ðap.siˈlis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dap.si.lɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dap.siˈle̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðap.siˈlis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðap.siˈlis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðap.siˈlis/

Adjective

δᾰψῐλής • (dapsilḗs) m or f (neuter δᾰψῐλές); third declension

1. abundant, plentiful, copious
2. (of space) ample, wide
3. (of persons) liberal, profuse

Declension

Third declension of δᾰψῐλής; δᾰψῐλές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δᾰψῐλής dapsilḗs	δᾰψῐλές dapsilés		δᾰψῐλεῖ dapsileî	δᾰψῐλεῖ dapsileî		δᾰψῐλεῖς dapsileîs	δᾰψῐλῆ dapsilê
Genitive		δᾰψῐλοῦς dapsiloûs	δᾰψῐλοῦς dapsiloûs		δᾰψῐλοῖν dapsiloîn	δᾰψῐλοῖν dapsiloîn		δᾰψῐλῶν dapsilôn	δᾰψῐλῶν dapsilôn
Dative		δᾰψῐλεῖ dapsileî	δᾰψῐλεῖ dapsileî		δᾰψῐλοῖν dapsiloîn	δᾰψῐλοῖν dapsiloîn		δᾰψῐλέσῐ / δᾰψῐλέσῐν dapsilési(n)	δᾰψῐλέσῐ / δᾰψῐλέσῐν dapsilési(n)
Accusative		δᾰψῐλῆ dapsilê	δᾰψῐλές dapsilés		δᾰψῐλεῖ dapsileî	δᾰψῐλεῖ dapsileî		δᾰψῐλεῖς dapsileîs	δᾰψῐλῆ dapsilê
Vocative		δᾰψῐλές dapsilés	δᾰψῐλές dapsilés		δᾰψῐλεῖ dapsileî	δᾰψῐλεῖ dapsileî		δᾰψῐλεῖς dapsileîs	δᾰψῐλῆ dapsilê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		δᾰψῐλῶς dapsilôs			δᾰψῐλέστερος dapsilésteros			δᾰψῐλέστᾰτος dapsiléstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• δᾰψῐ́λειᾱ (dapsíleiā)
• δᾰψῐλεύομαι (dapsileúomai)

 

Further reading

• “δαψιλής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δαψιλής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δαψιλής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δαψιλής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN