παράνυμφος
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From παρα- (para-) + νύμφη (númphē, “bride”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pa.rá.nym.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /paˈra.nym.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /paˈra.nym.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /paˈra.nym.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /paˈra.nim.fos/
Noun edit
πᾰρᾰ́νῠμφος • (paránumphos) m or f (genitive πᾰρᾰνῠ́μφου); second declension
- (masculine) bridegroom's friend or best man
- (feminine) bridesmaid, one of the dramatis personae
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ, ἡ πᾰρᾰ́νῠμφος ho, hē paránumphos |
τὼ πᾰρᾰνῠ́μφω tṑ paranúmphō |
οἱ, αἱ πᾰρᾰ́νῠμφοι hoi, hai paránumphoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς πᾰρᾰνῠ́μφου toû, tês paranúmphou |
τοῖν πᾰρᾰνῠ́μφοιν toîn paranúmphoin |
τῶν πᾰρᾰνῠ́μφων tôn paranúmphōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ, τῇ πᾰρᾰνῠ́μφῳ tôi, têi paranúmphōi |
τοῖν πᾰρᾰνῠ́μφοιν toîn paranúmphoin |
τοῖς, ταῖς πᾰρᾰνῠ́μφοις toîs, taîs paranúmphois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν, τὴν πᾰρᾰ́νῠμφον tòn, tḕn paránumphon |
τὼ πᾰρᾰνῠ́μφω tṑ paranúmphō |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς πᾰρᾰνῠ́μφους toùs, tā̀s paranúmphous | ||||||||||
Vocative | πᾰρᾰ́νῠμφε paránumphe |
πᾰρᾰνῠ́μφω paranúmphō |
πᾰρᾰ́νῠμφοι paránumphoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- πᾰρᾰνῠμφεύω (paranumpheúō)
- πᾰρᾰνῠ́μφῐος (paranúmphios)
Descendants edit
- Greek: παράνυμφος (paránymfos)
Further reading edit
- “παράνυμφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “παράνυμφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- παράνυμφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
παράνυμφος • (paránymfos) m or f (plural παράνυμφοι)
Declension edit
declension of παράνυμφος
case \ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | παράνυμφος • | παράνυμφοι • |
genitive | παρανύμφου • | παρανύμφων • |
accusative | παράνυμφο • | παρανύμφους • |
vocative | παράνυμφε • | παράνυμφοι • |