ἀλφός
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”). Cognates include Latin albus (“white”), Hittite 𒀠𒉺𒀸 (alpas, “cloud”), Umbrian 𐌀𐌋𐌚𐌖 (alfu, “white”) and Middle Welsh elbid (“world”). Doublet of ἄλβος (álbos).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /al.pʰós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /alˈpʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /alˈɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /alˈfos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /alˈfos/
Noun edit
ᾰ̓λφός • (alphós) m (genitive ᾰ̓λφοῦ); second declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ᾰ̓λφός ho alphós |
τὼ ᾰ̓λφώ tṑ alphṓ |
οἱ ᾰ̓λφοί hoi alphoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ᾰ̓λφοῦ toû alphoû |
τοῖν ᾰ̓λφοῖν toîn alphoîn |
τῶν ᾰ̓λφῶν tôn alphôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ᾰ̓λφῷ tôi alphôi |
τοῖν ᾰ̓λφοῖν toîn alphoîn |
τοῖς ᾰ̓λφοῖς toîs alphoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ᾰ̓λφόν tòn alphón |
τὼ ᾰ̓λφώ tṑ alphṓ |
τοὺς ᾰ̓λφούς toùs alphoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓λφέ alphé |
ᾰ̓λφώ alphṓ |
ᾰ̓λφοί alphoí | ||||||||||
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Further reading edit
- “ἀλφός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀλφός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀλφός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀλφός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)