μάψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Unknown. Beekes suggests Pre-Greek, stating it is unrelated to Latin mox (“soon”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /máps/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maps/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maps/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maps/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maps/

Adverb

μᾰ́ψ • (mắps)

(Epic) in vain

Derived terms

μαψαῦραι (mapsaûrai)
μαψίδιος (mapsídios)
μαψιδίως (mapsidíōs)
μαψιλάκας (mapsilákas)
μαψιλόγος (mapsilógos)
μαψιτόκος (mapsitókos)
μαψίφωνος (mapsíphōnos)
μαψυλάκας (mapsulákas)
μάψωτος (mápsōtos)

Etymology 2

Unknown

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mǎːps/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maps/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maps/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maps/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maps/

Noun

μᾱ́ψ • (mā́ps)

a type of bird

Further reading

“μάψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“μάψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“μάψ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
μάψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
μάψ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“μάψ”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
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