Μορφεύς
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, form”) + -εύς (-eús).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mor.pʰěu̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /morˈpʰews/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /morˈɸeɸs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /morˈfefs/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /morˈfefs/
Proper noun edit
Μορφεύς • (Morpheús) m (genitive Μορφέως); third declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Μορφεύς ho Morpheús | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Μορφέως toû Morphéōs | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Μορφεῖ tôi Morpheî | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Μορφέᾱ tòn Morphéā | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Μορφεῦ Morpheû | ||||||||||||
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Coordinate terms edit
- Φάντασος (Phántasos) (inanimate objects in prophetic dreams), Φοβήτωρ (Phobḗtōr) (nightmares), Ἴκελος (Íkelos) (people in prophetic dreams)
Descendants edit
- Latin: Morpheus
References edit
- “Μορφεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Μορφεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Μορφεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette