ἁλιπόρφυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἅλς (háls, “salt; sea”) +‎ πορφύρα (porphúra, “purple-fish”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ha.li.pór.pʰy.ros/ → /a.liˈpor.ɸy.ros/ → /a.liˈpor.fi.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ha.li.pór.pʰy.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)a.liˈpor.pʰy.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.liˈpor.ɸy.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.liˈpor.fy.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.liˈpor.fi.ros/

Adjective

ἁλῐπόρφῠρος • (halipórphuros) m or f (neuter ἁλῐπόρφῠρον); second declension

1. of sea-purple, of true purple dye

Declension

Second declension of ἁλῐπόρφῠρος; ἁλῐπόρφῠρον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἁλῐπόρφῠρος halipórphuros	ἁλῐπόρφῠρον halipórphuron		ἁλῐπορφῠ́ρω haliporphúrō	ἁλῐπορφῠ́ρω haliporphúrō		ἁλῐπόρφῠροι halipórphuroi	ἁλῐπόρφῠρᾰ halipórphura
Genitive		ἁλῐπορφῠ́ρου haliporphúrou	ἁλῐπορφῠ́ρου haliporphúrou		ἁλῐπορφῠ́ροιν haliporphúroin	ἁλῐπορφῠ́ροιν haliporphúroin		ἁλῐπορφῠ́ρων haliporphúrōn	ἁλῐπορφῠ́ρων haliporphúrōn
Dative		ἁλῐπορφῠ́ρῳ haliporphúrōi	ἁλῐπορφῠ́ρῳ haliporphúrōi		ἁλῐπορφῠ́ροιν haliporphúroin	ἁλῐπορφῠ́ροιν haliporphúroin		ἁλῐπορφῠ́ροις haliporphúrois	ἁλῐπορφῠ́ροις haliporphúrois
Accusative		ἁλῐπόρφῠρον halipórphuron	ἁλῐπόρφῠρον halipórphuron		ἁλῐπορφῠ́ρω haliporphúrō	ἁλῐπορφῠ́ρω haliporphúrō		ἁλῐπορφῠ́ρους haliporphúrous	ἁλῐπόρφῠρᾰ halipórphura
Vocative		ἁλῐπόρφῠρε halipórphure	ἁλῐπόρφῠρον halipórphuron		ἁλῐπορφῠ́ρω haliporphúrō	ἁλῐπορφῠ́ρω haliporphúrō		ἁλῐπόρφῠροι halipórphuroi	ἁλῐπόρφῠρᾰ halipórphura
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἁλῐπορφῠ́ρως haliporphúrōs			ἁλῐπορφῠρώτερος haliporphurṓteros			ἁλῐπορφῠρώτᾰτος haliporphurṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἁλιπόρφυρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἁλιπόρφυρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἁλιπόρφυρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)