Πορθμός

See also: πορθμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πορθμός (porthmós, “strait, narrow sea”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /portʰ.mós/ → /porθˈmos/ → /porθˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /portʰ.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /portʰˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /porθˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /porθˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /porθˈmos/

Proper noun

Πορθμός • (Porthmós) m (genitive Πορθμοῦ); second declension

1. Porthmus, Euboea, Greece

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Πορθμός; τοῦ Πορθμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πορθμός ho Porthmós
Genitive	τοῦ Πορθμοῦ toû Porthmoû
Dative	τῷ Πορθμῷ tôi Porthmôi
Accusative	τὸν Πορθμόν tòn Porthmón
Vocative	Πορθμέ Porthmé
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Porthmus

References

• Πορθμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette