μοριφόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably related to μορύσσω (morússō, “to stain, defile”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mo.ri.pʰón/ → /mo.riˈɸon/ → /mo.riˈfon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mo.ri.pʰón/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mo.riˈpʰon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mo.riˈɸon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mo.riˈfon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mo.riˈfon/

Adjective

μοριφόν • (moriphón)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: σκοτεινόν (skoteinón, “dark”), μέλαν (mélan, “black”).

Further reading

• “μοριφόν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Hesychius' Lexicon: μ