Ἰεφθής

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.eɸˈθis/ → /i.efˈθis/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.epʰˈtʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.eɸˈθis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.efˈθis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.efˈθis/

Proper noun

Ἰεφθής • (Iephthḗs) m (genitive Ἰεφθοῦ); first declension

1. Alternative form of Ἰεφθάε (Iephtháe)
   • 93 CE – 94 CE, Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 5.257:

     ἦν δέ τις Ἰεφθὴς ἀνὴρ διὰ τὴν πατρῴαν ἀρετὴν δυνατὸς καὶ δι᾽ οἰκείαν αὐτοῦ στρατιὰν ἣν ἔτρεφεν αὐτὸς μισθοφόρων

     ên dé tis Iephthḕs anḕr dià tḕn patrṓian aretḕn dunatòs kaì di᾽ oikeían autoû stratiàn hḕn étrephen autòs misthophórōn

     • Translation by William Whiston

       Now there was one whose name was Jephtha, who, both on account of his father's virtue, and on account of that army which he maintained at his own expenses

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἰεφθής; τοῦ Ἰεφθοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἰεφθής ho Iephthḗs	τὼ Ἰεφθᾱ́ tṑ Iephthā́	οἱ Ἰεφθαί hoi Iephthaí
Genitive	τοῦ Ἰεφθοῦ toû Iephthoû	τοῖν Ἰεφθαῖν toîn Iephthaîn	τῶν Ἰεφθῶν tôn Iephthôn
Dative	τῷ Ἰεφθῇ tôi Iephthêi	τοῖν Ἰεφθαῖν toîn Iephthaîn	τοῖς Ἰεφθαῖς toîs Iephthaîs
Accusative	τὸν Ἰεφθήν tòn Iephthḗn	τὼ Ἰεφθᾱ́ tṑ Iephthā́	τοὺς Ἰεφθᾱ́ς toùs Iephthā́s
Vocative	Ἰεφθή Iephthḗ	Ἰεφθᾱ́ Iephthā́	Ἰεφθαί Iephthaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.