ἴφιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἶφι (îphi, “by force”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /wǐː.pʰi.os/ → /ˈi.ɸi.os/ → /ˈi.fi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /wǐː.pʰi.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.pʰi.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɸi.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.fi.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.fi.os/

Adjective

ῑ̓́φῐος • (ī́phios) m (feminine ῑ̓φίη, neuter ῑ̓́φῐον); first/second declension

1. (Epic) strong, fat, goodly

Usage notes

Used only in the phrase ἴφια μῆλα (íphia mêla, “fat, goodly sheep”).

Declension

First and second declension of ῑ̓́φῐος; ῑ̓φῐ́η; ῑ̓́φῐον (Epic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ῑ̓́φῐος ī́phios	ῑ̓φῐ́η īphíē	ῑ̓́φῐον ī́phion		ῑ̓φῐ́ω īphíō	ῑ̓φῐ́ᾱ īphíā	ῑ̓φῐ́ω īphíō		ῑ̓́φῐοι ī́phioi	ῑ̓́φῐαι ī́phiai	ῑ̓́φῐᾰ ī́phia
Genitive		ῑ̓φῐ́ου / ῑ̓φῐοῖο / ῑ̓φῐ́οιο / ῑ̓φῐόο / ῑ̓φῐ́οο īphíou / īphioîo / īphíoio / īphióo / īphíoo	ῑ̓φῐ́ης īphíēs	ῑ̓φῐ́ου / ῑ̓φῐοῖο / ῑ̓φῐ́οιο / ῑ̓φῐόο / ῑ̓φῐ́οο īphíou / īphioîo / īphíoio / īphióo / īphíoo		ῑ̓φῐ́οιῐν īphíoiin	ῑ̓φῐ́αιν / ῑ̓φῐ́αιῐν / ῑ̓φῐ́ῃῐν īphíai(i)n / īphíēiin	ῑ̓φῐ́οιῐν īphíoiin		ῑ̓φῐ́ων īphíōn	ῑ̓φῐᾱ́ων / ῑ̓φῐέ͜ων / ῑ̓φῐῶν īphiā́ōn / īphié͜ōn / īphiôn	ῑ̓φῐ́ων īphíōn
Dative		ῑ̓φῐ́ῳ īphíōi	ῑ̓φῐ́ῃ īphíēi	ῑ̓φῐ́ῳ īphíōi		ῑ̓φῐ́οιῐν īphíoiin	ῑ̓φῐ́αιν / ῑ̓φῐ́αιῐν / ῑ̓φῐ́ῃῐν īphíai(i)n / īphíēiin	ῑ̓φῐ́οιῐν īphíoiin		ῑ̓φῐ́οισῐ / ῑ̓φῐ́οισῐν / ῑ̓φῐ́οις īphíoisi(n) / īphíois	ῑ̓φῐ́ῃσῐ / ῑ̓φῐ́ῃσῐν / ῑ̓φῐ́ῃς / ῑ̓φῐ́αις īphíēisi(n) / īphíēis / īphíais	ῑ̓φῐ́οισῐ / ῑ̓φῐ́οισῐν / ῑ̓φῐ́οις īphíoisi(n) / īphíois
Accusative		ῑ̓́φῐον ī́phion	ῑ̓φῐ́ην īphíēn	ῑ̓́φῐον ī́phion		ῑ̓φῐ́ω īphíō	ῑ̓φῐ́ᾱ īphíā	ῑ̓φῐ́ω īphíō		ῑ̓φῐ́ους īphíous	ῑ̓φῐ́ᾱς īphíās	ῑ̓́φῐᾰ ī́phia
Vocative		ῑ̓́φῐε ī́phie	ῑ̓φῐ́η īphíē	ῑ̓́φῐον ī́phion		ῑ̓φῐ́ω īphíō	ῑ̓φῐ́ᾱ īphíā	ῑ̓φῐ́ω īphíō		ῑ̓́φῐοι ī́phioi	ῑ̓́φῐαι ī́phiai	ῑ̓́φῐᾰ ī́phia
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ῑ̓φῐ́ως īphíōs				ῑ̓φῐώτερος īphiṓteros				ῑ̓φῐώτᾰτος īphiṓtatos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “ἴφιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἴφιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἴφιος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἴφιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press