Τυφῶν

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Τῠφᾱ́ων (Tuphā́ōn) — Epic
• Τῠφωεύς (Tuphōeús)
• Τῡφώς (Tūphṓs)

Etymology

From τύφω (túphō, “to raise smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“mist, smoke, haze”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tyː.pʰɔ̂ːn/ → /tyˈɸon/ → /tiˈfon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tyː.pʰɔ̂ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tyˈpʰon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /tyˈɸon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /tyˈfon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /tiˈfon/

Proper noun

Τῡφῶν • (Tūphôn) m (genitive Τῡφῶνος); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Typhon

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Τῡφῶν; τοῦ Τῡφῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Τῡφῶν ho Tūphôn
Genitive	τοῦ Τῡφῶνος toû Tūphônos
Dative	τῷ Τῡφῶνῐ tôi Tūphôni
Accusative	τὸν Τῡφῶνᾰ tòn Tūphôna
Vocative	Τῡφῶν Tūphôn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Τῡφωεύς (Tūphōeús)
• Τῡφωνομᾰχῐ́ᾱ (Tūphōnomakhíā)

Descendants

• Greek: Τυφών (Tyfón)
• Latin: Tȳphōn

References

• “Τυφῶν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Τυφῶν”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029
• Τυφῶν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette