πάπας

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
case     \     number singular plural
nominative πάπας • πάπες •
genitive πάπα • παπών •
accusative πάπα • πάπες •
vocative πάπα • πάπες •

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 - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.

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