ὑφορβός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ὗς (hûs) +‎ φέρβω (phérbō) +‎ -ός (-ós); compare φορβή (phorbḗ, “food, fodder”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pʰor.bós/ → /y.ɸorˈβos/ → /i.forˈvos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pʰor.bós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.pʰorˈbos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.ɸorˈβos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.forˈvos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.forˈvos/

Noun

ὑφορβός • (huphorbós) m (genitive ὑφορβοῦ); second declension

1. swineherd

   Synonym: συφορβός (suphorbós)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ὑφορβός; τοῦ ὑφορβοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὑφορβός ho huphorbós	τὼ ὑφορβώ tṑ huphorbṓ	οἱ ὑφορβοί hoi huphorboí
Genitive	τοῦ ὑφορβοῦ toû huphorboû	τοῖν ὑφορβοῖν toîn huphorboîn	τῶν ὑφορβῶν tôn huphorbôn
Dative	τῷ ὑφορβῷ tôi huphorbôi	τοῖν ὑφορβοῖν toîn huphorboîn	τοῖς ὑφορβοῖς toîs huphorboîs
Accusative	τὸν ὑφορβόν tòn huphorbón	τὼ ὑφορβώ tṑ huphorbṓ	τοὺς ὑφορβούς toùs huphorboús
Vocative	ὑφορβέ huphorbé	ὑφορβώ huphorbṓ	ὑφορβοί huphorboí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὑφορβός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὑφορβός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ὑφορβός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὑφορβός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὑφορβός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963