διφθέρινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From διφθέρα (diphthéra, “hide, leather”) +‎ -ῐνος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dipʰ.tʰé.ri.nos/ → /ðiɸˈθe.ri.nos/ → /ðifˈθe.ri.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dipʰ.tʰé.ri.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dipʰˈtʰe.ri.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiɸˈθe.ri.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðifˈθe.ri.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðifˈθe.ri.nos/

Adjective

δῐφθέρῐνος • (diphthérinos) m (feminine δῐφθερῐ́νη, neuter δῐφθέρῐνον); first/second declension

1. made of tanned leather

Inflection

First and second declension of δῐφθέρῐνος; δῐφθερῐ́νη; δῐφθέρῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δῐφθέρῐνος diphthérinos	δῐφθερῐ́νη diphtherínē	δῐφθέρῐνον diphthérinon		δῐφθερῐ́νω diphtherínō	δῐφθερῐ́νᾱ diphtherínā	δῐφθερῐ́νω diphtherínō		δῐφθέρῐνοι diphthérinoi	δῐφθέρῐναι diphthérinai	δῐφθέρῐνᾰ diphthérina
Genitive		δῐφθερῐ́νου diphtherínou	δῐφθερῐ́νης diphtherínēs	δῐφθερῐ́νου diphtherínou		δῐφθερῐ́νοιν diphtherínoin	δῐφθερῐ́ναιν diphtherínain	δῐφθερῐ́νοιν diphtherínoin		δῐφθερῐ́νων diphtherínōn	δῐφθερῐ́νων diphtherínōn	δῐφθερῐ́νων diphtherínōn
Dative		δῐφθερῐ́νῳ diphtherínōi	δῐφθερῐ́νῃ diphtherínēi	δῐφθερῐ́νῳ diphtherínōi		δῐφθερῐ́νοιν diphtherínoin	δῐφθερῐ́ναιν diphtherínain	δῐφθερῐ́νοιν diphtherínoin		δῐφθερῐ́νοις diphtherínois	δῐφθερῐ́ναις diphtherínais	δῐφθερῐ́νοις diphtherínois
Accusative		δῐφθέρῐνον diphthérinon	δῐφθερῐ́νην diphtherínēn	δῐφθέρῐνον diphthérinon		δῐφθερῐ́νω diphtherínō	δῐφθερῐ́νᾱ diphtherínā	δῐφθερῐ́νω diphtherínō		δῐφθερῐ́νους diphtherínous	δῐφθερῐ́νᾱς diphtherínās	δῐφθέρῐνᾰ diphthérina
Vocative		δῐφθέρῐνε diphthérine	δῐφθερῐ́νη diphtherínē	δῐφθέρῐνον diphthérinon		δῐφθερῐ́νω diphtherínō	δῐφθερῐ́νᾱ diphtherínā	δῐφθερῐ́νω diphtherínō		δῐφθέρῐνοι diphthérinoi	δῐφθέρῐναι diphthérinai	δῐφθέρῐνᾰ diphthérina
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		δῐφθερῐ́νως diphtherínōs				δῐφθερῐνώτερος diphtherinṓteros				δῐφθερῐνώτᾰτος diphtherinṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “διφθέρινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• διφθέρινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• διφθέρινος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)