ὀρφώς
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnknown. Formation like the fish names λαγώς (lagṓs) and ἀχαρνώς (akharnṓs). Often compared to ὄρφνη (órphnē, “darkness of night”), with reference to the color, but unclear in detail. Connected with ὀρφανός (orphanós, “orphan”) by Bechtel, but without semantic argumentation; perhaps because of its solitary way of life.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /or.pʰɔ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /orˈpʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /orˈɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /orˈfos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /orˈfos/
Noun
editὀρφώς • (orphṓs) m (genitive ὀρφώ); second declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ὀρφώς ho orphṓs |
τὼ ὀρφώ tṑ orphṓ |
οἱ ὀρφῴ hoi orphṓi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ὀρφώ toû orphṓ |
τοῖν ὀρφῴν toîn orphṓin |
τῶν ὀρφών tôn orphṓn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ὀρφῴ tôi orphṓi |
τοῖν ὀρφῴν toîn orphṓin |
τοῖς ὀρφῴς toîs orphṓis | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ὀρφώ / ὀρφών tòn orphṓ(n) |
τὼ ὀρφώ tṑ orphṓ |
τοὺς ὀρφώς toùs orphṓs | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὀρφώς orphṓs |
ὀρφώ orphṓ |
ὀρφῴ orphṓi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
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editFurther reading
edit- “ὀρφώς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀρφώς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension
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