γλυκύφθογγος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s, “sweet”) + φθόγγος (phthóngos, “sound, voice”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡly.kýpʰ.tʰoŋ.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡlyˈkypʰ.tʰoŋ.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɣlyˈcyɸ.θoŋ.ɡos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ɣlyˈcyf.θoŋ.ɡos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ɣliˈcif.θoŋ.ɡos/
Adjective
γλῠκῠ́φθογγος • (glŭkŭ́phthongos) m or f (neuter γλῠκῠ́φθογγον); second declension
- with a sweet tone (said of musical instruments)
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | γλῠκῠ́φθογγος glŭkŭ́phthongos |
γλῠκῠ́φθογγον glŭkŭ́phthongon |
γλῠκῠφθόγγω glŭkŭphthóngō |
γλῠκῠφθόγγω glŭkŭphthóngō |
γλῠκῠ́φθογγοι glŭkŭ́phthongoi |
γλῠκῠ́φθογγᾰ glŭkŭ́phthongă | ||||||||
| Genitive | γλῠκῠφθόγγου glŭkŭphthóngou |
γλῠκῠφθόγγου glŭkŭphthóngou |
γλῠκῠφθόγγοιν glŭkŭphthóngoin |
γλῠκῠφθόγγοιν glŭkŭphthóngoin |
γλῠκῠφθόγγων glŭkŭphthóngōn |
γλῠκῠφθόγγων glŭkŭphthóngōn | ||||||||
| Dative | γλῠκῠφθόγγῳ glŭkŭphthóngōi |
γλῠκῠφθόγγῳ glŭkŭphthóngōi |
γλῠκῠφθόγγοιν glŭkŭphthóngoin |
γλῠκῠφθόγγοιν glŭkŭphthóngoin |
γλῠκῠφθόγγοις glŭkŭphthóngois |
γλῠκῠφθόγγοις glŭkŭphthóngois | ||||||||
| Accusative | γλῠκῠ́φθογγον glŭkŭ́phthongon |
γλῠκῠ́φθογγον glŭkŭ́phthongon |
γλῠκῠφθόγγω glŭkŭphthóngō |
γλῠκῠφθόγγω glŭkŭphthóngō |
γλῠκῠφθόγγους glŭkŭphthóngous |
γλῠκῠ́φθογγᾰ glŭkŭ́phthongă | ||||||||
| Vocative | γλῠκῠ́φθογγε glŭkŭ́phthonge |
γλῠκῠ́φθογγον glŭkŭ́phthongon |
γλῠκῠφθόγγω glŭkŭphthóngō |
γλῠκῠφθόγγω glŭkŭphthóngō |
γλῠκῠ́φθογγοι glŭkŭ́phthongoi |
γλῠκῠ́φθογγᾰ glŭkŭ́phthongă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| γλῠκῠφθόγγως glŭkŭphthóngōs |
γλῠκῠφθογγότερος glŭkŭphthongóteros |
γλῠκῠφθογγότᾰτος glŭkŭphthongótătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “γλυκύφθογγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γλυκύφθογγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γλυκύφθογγος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)