γλυφίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γλῠ́φω (glúphō, “to carve, engrave”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡly.pʰís/ → /ɣlyˈɸis/ → /ɣliˈfis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡly.pʰís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡlyˈpʰis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣlyˈɸis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣlyˈfis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣliˈfis/

Noun

γλῠφῐ́ς • (gluphís) f (genitive γλῠφῐ́δος); third declension

1. notched end of the arrow
2. (poetic) the arrow itself
3. (in the plural) notches in the arrowhead
4. penknife
5. chisel
6. (architecture) capitals of columns

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ γλῠφῐ́ς; τῆς γλῠφῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γλῠφῐ́ς hē gluphís	τὼ γλῠφῐ́δε tṑ gluphíde	αἱ γλῠφῐ́δες hai gluphídes
Genitive	τῆς γλῠφῐ́δος tês gluphídos	τοῖν γλῠφῐ́δοιν toîn gluphídoin	τῶν γλῠφῐ́δων tôn gluphídōn
Dative	τῇ γλῠφῐ́δῐ têi gluphídi	τοῖν γλῠφῐ́δοιν toîn gluphídoin	ταῖς γλῠφῐ́σῐ / γλῠφῐ́σῐν taîs gluphísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν γλῠφῐ́δᾰ tḕn gluphída	τὼ γλῠφῐ́δε tṑ gluphíde	τᾱ̀ς γλῠφῐ́δᾰς tā̀s gluphídas
Vocative	γλῠφῐ́ς gluphís	γλῠφῐ́δε gluphíde	γλῠφῐ́δες gluphídes
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.

Descendants

• Translingual: Glyphis, Cataglyphis, Euglyphis, Peraglyphis, Phaenoglyphis, Sarcoglyphis

Further reading

• “γλυφίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γλυφίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “γλυφίς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• γλυφίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γλυφίς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• γλυφίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)