νυμφίος

See also: νύμφιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νύμφη (númphē) +‎ -ιος (-ios)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nym.pʰí.os/ → /nymˈɸi.os/ → /nimˈfi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nym.pʰí.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /nymˈpʰi.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /nymˈɸi.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /nymˈfi.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /nimˈfi.os/

Noun

νυμφίος • (numphíos) m (genitive νυμφίου); second declension

1. a bridegroom

Declension

Second declension of ὁ νυμφῐ́ος; τοῦ νυμφῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ νυμφῐ́ος ho numphíos	τὼ νυμφῐ́ω tṑ numphíō	οἱ νυμφῐ́οι hoi numphíoi
Genitive	τοῦ νυμφῐ́ου toû numphíou	τοῖν νυμφῐ́οιν toîn numphíoin	τῶν νυμφῐ́ων tôn numphíōn
Dative	τῷ νυμφῐ́ῳ tôi numphíōi	τοῖν νυμφῐ́οιν toîn numphíoin	τοῖς νυμφῐ́οις toîs numphíois
Accusative	τὸν νυμφῐ́ον tòn numphíon	τὼ νυμφῐ́ω tṑ numphíō	τοὺς νυμφῐ́ους toùs numphíous
Vocative	νυμφῐ́ε numphíe	νυμφῐ́ω numphíō	νυμφῐ́οι numphíoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Coordinate terms

• νύμφη (númphē, “bride”)

Further reading

• νυμφίος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• νυμφίος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “νυμφίος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νυμφίος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G3566 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bridegroom idem, page 98.