δαφοινός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δᾰ- (dă-, “very”) + φοινός (phoinós, “blood red”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /da.pʰoi̯.nós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /da.pʰyˈnos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ða.ɸyˈnos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ða.fyˈnos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ða.fiˈnos/
Adjective
δᾰφοινός • (dăphoinós) m or f (neuter δᾰφοινόν); second declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | δᾰφοινός dăphoinós |
δᾰφοινόν dăphoinón |
δᾰφοινώ dăphoinṓ |
δᾰφοινώ dăphoinṓ |
δᾰφοινοί dăphoinoí |
δᾰφοινᾰ́ dăphoinắ | ||||||||
| Genitive | δᾰφοινοῦ dăphoinoû |
δᾰφοινοῦ dăphoinoû |
δᾰφοινοῖν dăphoinoîn |
δᾰφοινοῖν dăphoinoîn |
δᾰφοινῶν dăphoinôn |
δᾰφοινῶν dăphoinôn | ||||||||
| Dative | δᾰφοινῷ dăphoinōî |
δᾰφοινῷ dăphoinōî |
δᾰφοινοῖν dăphoinoîn |
δᾰφοινοῖν dăphoinoîn |
δᾰφοινοῖς dăphoinoîs |
δᾰφοινοῖς dăphoinoîs | ||||||||
| Accusative | δᾰφοινόν dăphoinón |
δᾰφοινόν dăphoinón |
δᾰφοινώ dăphoinṓ |
δᾰφοινώ dăphoinṓ |
δᾰφοινούς dăphoinoús |
δᾰφοινᾰ́ dăphoinắ | ||||||||
| Vocative | δᾰφοινέ dăphoiné |
δᾰφοινόν dăphoinón |
δᾰφοινώ dăphoinṓ |
δᾰφοινώ dăphoinṓ |
δᾰφοινοί dăphoinoí |
δᾰφοινᾰ́ dăphoinắ | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| δᾰφοινῶς dăphoinôs |
δᾰφοινότερος dăphoinóteros |
δᾰφοινότᾰτος dăphoinótătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δαφοινεός (daphoineós)
- δαφοινήεις (daphoinḗeis)
Further reading
- “δαφοινός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δαφοινός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “δαφοινός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δαφοινός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δαφοινός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δαφοινός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)