ἐρίφιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔριφος (ériphos, “young goat, kid”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.rí.pʰi.on/ → /eˈri.ɸi.on/ → /eˈri.fi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.rí.pʰi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈri.pʰi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈri.ɸi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈri.fi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈri.fi.on/

Noun

ἐρίφῐον • (eríphion) n (genitive ἐρῐφῐ́ου); second declension

1. dewberry (Rubus caesius)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἐρῐ́φῐον; τοῦ ἐρῐφῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐρῐ́φῐον tò eríphion	τὼ ἐρῐφῐ́ω tṑ eriphíō	τᾰ̀ ἐρῐ́φῐᾰ tà eríphia
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρῐφῐ́ου toû eriphíou	τοῖν ἐρῐφῐ́οιν toîn eriphíoin	τῶν ἐρῐφῐ́ων tôn eriphíōn
Dative	τῷ ἐρῐφῐ́ῳ tôi eriphíōi	τοῖν ἐρῐφῐ́οιν toîn eriphíoin	τοῖς ἐρῐφῐ́οις toîs eriphíois
Accusative	τὸ ἐρῐ́φῐον tò eríphion	τὼ ἐρῐφῐ́ω tṑ eriphíō	τᾰ̀ ἐρῐ́φῐᾰ tà eríphia
Vocative	ἐρῐ́φῐον eríphion	ἐρῐφῐ́ω eriphíō	ἐρῐ́φῐᾰ eríphia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐρίφιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐρίφιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐρίφιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette