ἑφθός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἕψω (hépsō, “to boil, seethe”) +‎ -τός (-tós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hepʰ.tʰós/ → /eɸˈθos/ → /efˈθos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hepʰ.tʰós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)epʰˈtʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɸˈθos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /efˈθos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /efˈθos/

Adjective

ἑφθός • (hephthós) m (feminine ἑφθή, neuter ἑφθόν); first/second declension

1. boiled, cooked in hot water
2. (figuratively) languid, unnerved

Inflection

First and second declension of ἑφθός; ἑφθή; ἑφθόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἑφθός hephthós	ἑφθή hephthḗ	ἑφθόν hephthón		ἑφθώ hephthṓ	ἑφθᾱ́ hephthā́	ἑφθώ hephthṓ		ἑφθοί hephthoí	ἑφθαί hephthaí	ἑφθᾰ́ hephthá
Genitive		ἑφθοῦ hephthoû	ἑφθῆς hephthês	ἑφθοῦ hephthoû		ἑφθοῖν hephthoîn	ἑφθαῖν hephthaîn	ἑφθοῖν hephthoîn		ἑφθῶν hephthôn	ἑφθῶν hephthôn	ἑφθῶν hephthôn
Dative		ἑφθῷ hephthôi	ἑφθῇ hephthêi	ἑφθῷ hephthôi		ἑφθοῖν hephthoîn	ἑφθαῖν hephthaîn	ἑφθοῖν hephthoîn		ἑφθοῖς hephthoîs	ἑφθαῖς hephthaîs	ἑφθοῖς hephthoîs
Accusative		ἑφθόν hephthón	ἑφθήν hephthḗn	ἑφθόν hephthón		ἑφθώ hephthṓ	ἑφθᾱ́ hephthā́	ἑφθώ hephthṓ		ἑφθούς hephthoús	ἑφθᾱ́ς hephthā́s	ἑφθᾰ́ hephthá
Vocative		ἑφθέ hephthé	ἑφθή hephthḗ	ἑφθόν hephthón		ἑφθώ hephthṓ	ἑφθᾱ́ hephthā́	ἑφθώ hephthṓ		ἑφθοί hephthoí	ἑφθαί hephthaí	ἑφθᾰ́ hephthá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἑφθῶς hephthôs				ἑφθότερος hephthóteros				ἑφθότᾰτος hephthótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δῐ́εφθος (díephthos)
• ἑφθοπώλῐον (hephthopṓlion)
• ἑφθότης (hephthótēs)
• ἑφθόω (hephthóō)

 

Further reading

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