"ἐμπίς" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἐμπίς in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /em.pís/, /emˈpis/, /emˈbis/, /em.pís/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /emˈpis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /emˈpis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /emˈpis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /emˈbis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Popular derivation from ἐμπίνω (empínō, “to drink (blood)”). Pokorny connects Proto-West Germanic *imbī (“bee”), deriving both from Proto-Indo-European *h₁empís (“gnat, biting insect”), though Kroonen rejects this comparison and Mallory and Adams call it "not universally accepted." Etymology templates: {{cog|gmw-pro|*imbī|t=bee}} Proto-West Germanic *imbī (“bee”), {{der|grc|ine-pro|*h₁empís|t=gnat, biting insect}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁empís (“gnat, biting insect”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἐμπῐ́δος|f|third|head=ἐμπῐ́ς}} ἐμπῐ́ς • (empís) f (genitive ἐμπῐ́δος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἐμπῐ́ς|ἐμπῐ́δος}} Forms: ἐμπῐ́ς [canonical], empís [romanization], ἐμπῐ́δος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ ἐμπῐ́ς [nominative, singular], τὼ ἐμπῐ́δε [dual, nominative], αἱ ἐμπῐ́δες [nominative, plural], τῆς ἐμπῐ́δος [genitive, singular], τοῖν ἐμπῐ́δοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ἐμπῐ́δων [genitive, plural], τῇ ἐμπῐ́δῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν ἐμπῐ́δοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ἐμπῐ́σῐ [dative, plural], ἐμπῐ́σῐν [dative, plural], taîs empísi [dative, plural], taîs empísin [dative, plural], τὴν ἐμπῐ́δᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ ἐμπῐ́δε [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ἐμπῐ́δᾰς [accusative, plural], ἐμπῐ́ς [singular, vocative], ἐμπῐ́δε [dual, vocative], ἐμπῐ́δες [plural, vocative]
  1. mosquito, gnat Categories (lifeform): Insects
    Sense id: en-ἐμπίς-grc-noun--AImfdn4 Disambiguation of Insects: 83 17 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8
  2. larva of the oestrus
    Sense id: en-ἐμπίς-grc-noun-u~bwKb7~
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  "pos": "noun",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/emˈpis/"
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      "ipa": "/emˈbis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/em.pís/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/emˈpis/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/emˈpis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/emˈpis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
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    {
      "ipa": "/emˈbis/",
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    }
  ],
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}
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