τρύφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θρύπτω (thrúptō, “to break in pieces”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trý.pʰos/ → /ˈtry.ɸos/ → /ˈtri.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trý.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtry.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtry.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtry.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.fos/

Noun

τρῠ́φος • (trúphos) n (genitive τρῠ́φεος); third declension

1. that which is broken off, fragment, morsel

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ τρῠ́φος; τοῦ τρῠ́φεος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τρῠ́φος tò trúphos	τὼ τρῠ́φεε tṑ trúphee	τᾰ̀ τρῠ́φεᾰ tà trúphea
Genitive	τοῦ τρῠ́φεος toû trúpheos	τοῖν τρῠφέοιν toîn truphéoin	τῶν τρῠφέων tôn truphéōn
Dative	τῷ τρῠ́φεῐ̈ tôi trúpheï	τοῖν τρῠφέοιν toîn truphéoin	τοῖς τρῠ́φεσῐ / τρῠ́φεσῐν toîs trúphesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ τρῠ́φος tò trúphos	τὼ τρῠ́φεε tṑ trúphee	τᾰ̀ τρῠ́φεᾰ tà trúphea
Vocative	τρῠ́φος trúphos	τρῠ́φεε trúphee	τρῠ́φεᾰ trúphea
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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