δνόφος
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- γνόφος (gnóphos)
Etymology
editThe word recalls ζόφος (zóphos), κνέφας (knéphas) and ψέφας (pséphas), but these words have not been explained. The group δν- seems to point to Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dnó.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdno.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðno.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðno.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈðno.fos/
Noun
editδνόφος • (dnóphos) m (genitive δνόφου); second declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ δνόφος ho dnóphos |
τὼ δνόφω tṑ dnóphō |
οἱ δνόφοι hoi dnóphoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ δνόφου toû dnóphou |
τοῖν δνόφοιν toîn dnóphoin |
τῶν δνόφων tôn dnóphōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ δνόφῳ tôi dnóphōi |
τοῖν δνόφοιν toîn dnóphoin |
τοῖς δνόφοις toîs dnóphois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν δνόφον tòn dnóphon |
τὼ δνόφω tṑ dnóphō |
τοὺς δνόφους toùs dnóphous | ||||||||||
Vocative | δνόφε dnóphe |
δνόφω dnóphō |
δνόφοι dnóphoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “δνόφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δνόφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δνόφος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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- Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension
- Ancient Greek poetic terms