τέφρα
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). The unaspirated first consonant is due to Grassmann's law.
Cognates include Latin foveō, Albanian djeg, Old Church Slavonic жещи (žešti), Lithuanian degti, Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬲𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (dažaiti), and Sanskrit दहति (dahati).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /té.pʰraː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈte.pʰra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈte.ɸra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈte.fra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈte.fra/
Noun edit
τέφρᾱ • (téphrā) f (genitive τέφρᾱς); first declension
- ashes, as of the funeral pyre.
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ τέφρᾱ hē téphrā |
τὼ τέφρᾱ tṑ téphrā |
αἱ τέφραι hai téphrai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς τέφρᾱς tês téphrās |
τοῖν τέφραιν toîn téphrain |
τῶν τεφρῶν tôn tephrôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ τέφρᾳ têi téphrāi |
τοῖν τέφραιν toîn téphrain |
ταῖς τέφραις taîs téphrais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν τέφρᾱν tḕn téphrān |
τὼ τέφρᾱ tṑ téphrā |
τᾱ̀ς τέφρᾱς tā̀s téphrās | ||||||||||
Vocative | τέφρᾱ téphrā |
τέφρᾱ téphrā |
τέφραι téphrai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- τέφρινος (téphrinos)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “τέφρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τέφρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τέφρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ancient Greek τέφρα (téphra).
Noun edit
τέφρα • (téfra) f (plural τέφρες)
Declension edit
declension of τέφρα
Related terms edit
- τεφροδοχείο n (tefrodocheío, “ash tray, urn”)
- τεφροδόχος f (tefrodóchos, “burial urn”)
- τεφροδόχη f (tefrodóchi, “ash pan, urn”)