θαλπωρή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Nominal derivative of θάλπω (thálpō, “to warm”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰal.pɔː.rɛ̌ː/ → /θal.poˈri/ → /θal.poˈri/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰal.pɔː.rɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰal.poˈre̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θal.poˈri/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θal.poˈri/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θal.poˈri/

Noun

θαλπωρή • (thalpōrḗ) f (genitive θαλπωρῆς); first declension

1. warming, warmth
2. (figuratively) comfort, consolation, refreshment

Conjugation

First declension of ἡ θαλπωρή; τῆς θαλπωρῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θαλπωρή hē thalpōrḗ	τὼ θαλπωρᾱ́ tṑ thalpōrā́	αἱ θαλπωραί hai thalpōraí
Genitive	τῆς θαλπωρῆς tês thalpōrês	τοῖν θαλπωραῖν toîn thalpōraîn	τῶν θαλπωρῶν tôn thalpōrôn
Dative	τῇ θαλπωρῇ têi thalpōrêi	τοῖν θαλπωραῖν toîn thalpōraîn	ταῖς θαλπωραῖς taîs thalpōraîs
Accusative	τὴν θαλπωρήν tḕn thalpōrḗn	τὼ θαλπωρᾱ́ tṑ thalpōrā́	τᾱ̀ς θαλπωρᾱ́ς tā̀s thalpōrā́s
Vocative	θαλπωρή thalpōrḗ	θαλπωρᾱ́ thalpōrā́	θαλπωραί thalpōraí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “θαλπωρή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• θαλπωρή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• θαλπωρή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “θαλπωρή”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “θαλπωρή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek θαλπωρή (thalpōrḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θal.poˈɾi/

Noun

θαλπωρή • (thalporí) f

1. warmth, mild and pleasant heat
2. (figuratively) warm, familiar, and pleasant atmosphere

Declension

  θαλπωρή

case     \     number	singular
nominative	θαλπωρή •
genitive	θαλπωρής •
accusative	θαλπωρή •
vocative	θαλπωρή •