δαφοινός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δᾰ- (da-, “very”) +‎ φοινός (phoinós, “blood red”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /da.pʰoi̯.nós/ → /ða.ɸyˈnos/ → /ða.fiˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /da.pʰoi̯.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /da.pʰyˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ða.ɸyˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ða.fyˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ða.fiˈnos/

Adjective

δᾰφοινός • (daphoinós) m or f (neuter δᾰφοινόν); second declension

1. blood red, reddish, tawny
2. bloodstained, covered in blood
3. bloodthirsty, bloodlusty

Declension

Second declension of δᾰφοινός; δᾰφοινόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δᾰφοινός daphoinós	δᾰφοινόν daphoinón		δᾰφοινώ daphoinṓ	δᾰφοινώ daphoinṓ		δᾰφοινοί daphoinoí	δᾰφοινᾰ́ daphoiná
Genitive		δᾰφοινοῦ daphoinoû	δᾰφοινοῦ daphoinoû		δᾰφοινοῖν daphoinoîn	δᾰφοινοῖν daphoinoîn		δᾰφοινῶν daphoinôn	δᾰφοινῶν daphoinôn
Dative		δᾰφοινῷ daphoinôi	δᾰφοινῷ daphoinôi		δᾰφοινοῖν daphoinoîn	δᾰφοινοῖν daphoinoîn		δᾰφοινοῖς daphoinoîs	δᾰφοινοῖς daphoinoîs
Accusative		δᾰφοινόν daphoinón	δᾰφοινόν daphoinón		δᾰφοινώ daphoinṓ	δᾰφοινώ daphoinṓ		δᾰφοινούς daphoinoús	δᾰφοινᾰ́ daphoiná
Vocative		δᾰφοινέ daphoiné	δᾰφοινόν daphoinón		δᾰφοινώ daphoinṓ	δᾰφοινώ daphoinṓ		δᾰφοινοί daphoinoí	δᾰφοινᾰ́ daphoiná
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		δᾰφοινῶς daphoinôs			δᾰφοινότερος daphoinóteros			δᾰφοινότᾰτος daphoinótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δαφοινεός (daphoineós)
• δαφοινήεις (daphoinḗeis)

 

Further reading

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