ταπεινοφροσύνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τᾰπεινόφρων (tapeinóphrōn, “humble; mean-spirited”) +‎ -σύνη (-súnē, “-ness”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ta.peː.no.pʰro.sý.nɛː/ → /ta.pi.no.ɸroˈsy.ni/ → /ta.pi.no.froˈsi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ta.peː.no.pʰro.sý.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ta.pi.no.pʰroˈsy.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ta.pi.no.ɸroˈsy.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ta.pi.no.froˈsy.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ta.pi.no.froˈsi.ni/

Noun

τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νη • (tapeinophrosúnē) f (genitive τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νης); first declension

1. (in good sense) humility, humbleness
2. (in bad sense) meanspiritedness

Inflection

First declension of ἡ τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νη; τῆς τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νη hē tapeinophrosúnē	τὼ τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νᾱ tṑ tapeinophrosúnā	αἱ τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́ναι hai tapeinophrosúnai
Genitive	τῆς τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νης tês tapeinophrosúnēs	τοῖν τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́ναιν toîn tapeinophrosúnain	τῶν τᾰπεινοφροσῠνῶν tôn tapeinophrosunôn
Dative	τῇ τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νῃ têi tapeinophrosúnēi	τοῖν τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́ναιν toîn tapeinophrosúnain	ταῖς τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́ναις taîs tapeinophrosúnais
Accusative	τὴν τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νην tḕn tapeinophrosúnēn	τὼ τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νᾱ tṑ tapeinophrosúnā	τᾱ̀ς τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νᾱς tā̀s tapeinophrosúnās
Vocative	τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νη tapeinophrosúnē	τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νᾱ tapeinophrosúnā	τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́ναι tapeinophrosúnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ταπεινοφροσύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ταπεινοφροσύνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette