Ἶφις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἶφι (îphi, “by force or might”, Epic adverb) +‎ -ις (-is, feminine nouns suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /îː.pʰis/ → /ˈi.ɸis/ → /ˈi.fis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /îː.pʰis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.pʰis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɸis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.fis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.fis/

Proper noun

Ἶφῐς • (Îphis) f (genitive Ῑ̓́φῐδος); third declension

1. Iphis

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ἶφῐς; τῆς Ῑ̓́φῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Ἶφῐς hē Îphis	τὼ Ῑ̓́φῐδε tṑ Ī́phide	αἱ Ῑ̓́φῐδες hai Ī́phides
Genitive	τῆς Ῑ̓́φῐδος tês Ī́phidos	τοῖν Ῑ̓φῐ́δοιν toîn Īphídoin	τῶν Ῑ̓φῐ́δων tôn Īphídōn
Dative	τῇ Ῑ̓́φῐδῐ têi Ī́phidi	τοῖν Ῑ̓φῐ́δοιν toîn Īphídoin	ταῖς Ῑ̓́φῐσῐ / Ῑ̓́φῐσῐν taîs Ī́phisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν Ῑ̓́φῐδᾰ tḕn Ī́phida	τὼ Ῑ̓́φῐδε tṑ Ī́phide	τᾱ̀ς Ῑ̓́φῐδᾰς tā̀s Ī́phidas
Vocative	Ἶφῐς Îphis	Ῑ̓́φῐδε Ī́phide	Ῑ̓́φῐδες Ī́phides
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Third declension of ὁ Ἶφῐς; τοῦ Ῑ̓́φῐος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἶφῐς ho Îphis	τὼ Ῑ̓́φῐε tṑ Ī́phie	οἱ Ῑ̓́φῐες hoi Ī́phies
Genitive	τοῦ Ῑ̓́φῐος toû Ī́phios	τοῖν Ῑ̓φῐ́οιν toîn Īphíoin	τῶν Ῑ̓φῐ́ων tôn Īphíōn
Dative	τῷ Ῑ̓́φῑ tôi Ī́phī	τοῖν Ῑ̓φῐ́οιν toîn Īphíoin	τοῖς Ῑ̓́φῐσῐ / Ῑ̓́φῐσῐν toîs Ī́phisi(n)
Accusative	τὸν Ἶφῐν tòn Îphin	τὼ Ῑ̓́φῐε tṑ Ī́phie	τοὺς Ῑ̓́φῑς / Ῑ̓́φῐᾰς toùs Ī́phīs / Ī́phias
Vocative	Ἶφῐ Îphi	Ῑ̓́φῐε Ī́phie	Ῑ̓́φῐες Ī́phies
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ίφις (Ífis)
• Latin: Īphis

References

• “Ἶφις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014