διοτρεφής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Ζεύς (Zeús, “Zeus”) + τρέφω (tréphō, “to nourish”) + -ής (-ḗs, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.o.tre.pʰɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /di.o.treˈpʰe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.o.treˈɸis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.o.treˈfis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.o.treˈfis/
Adjective
δῐοτρεφής • (dĭotrephḗs) m or f (neuter δῐοτρεφές); third declension (Epic)
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | δῐοτρεφής dĭotrephḗs |
δῐοτρεφές dĭotrephés |
δῐοτρεφεῖ / δῐοτρεφέε dĭotrepheî / dĭotrephée |
δῐοτρεφεῖ / δῐοτρεφέε dĭotrepheî / dĭotrephée |
δῐοτρεφεῖς / δῐοτρεφέες dĭotrepheîs / dĭotrephées |
δῐοτρεφέᾰ dĭotrephéă | ||||||||
| Genitive | δῐοτρεφέος / δῐοτρεφεῦς dĭotrephéos / dĭotrepheûs |
δῐοτρεφέος / δῐοτρεφεῦς dĭotrephéos / dĭotrepheûs |
δῐοτρεφοῖν dĭotrephoîn |
δῐοτρεφοῖν dĭotrephoîn |
δῐοτρεφέων dĭotrephéōn |
δῐοτρεφέων dĭotrephéōn | ||||||||
| Dative | δῐοτρεφεῖ / δῐοτρεφέῐ̈ dĭotrepheî / dĭotrephéĭ̈ |
δῐοτρεφεῖ / δῐοτρεφέῐ̈ dĭotrepheî / dĭotrephéĭ̈ |
δῐοτρεφοῖν dĭotrephoîn |
δῐοτρεφοῖν dĭotrephoîn |
δῐοτρεφέσῐ / δῐοτρεφέσῐν dĭotrephésĭ(n) |
δῐοτρεφέσῐ / δῐοτρεφέσῐν dĭotrephésĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | δῐοτρεφέᾰ dĭotrephéă |
δῐοτρεφές dĭotrephés |
δῐοτρεφεῖ / δῐοτρεφέε dĭotrepheî / dĭotrephée |
δῐοτρεφεῖ / δῐοτρεφέε dĭotrepheî / dĭotrephée |
δῐοτρεφέᾰς dĭotrephéăs |
δῐοτρεφέᾰ dĭotrephéă | ||||||||
| Vocative | δῐοτρεφές dĭotrephés |
δῐοτρεφές dĭotrephés |
δῐοτρεφεῖ / δῐοτρεφέε dĭotrepheî / dĭotrephée |
δῐοτρεφεῖ / δῐοτρεφέε dĭotrepheî / dĭotrephée |
δῐοτρεφεῖς / δῐοτρεφέες dĭotrepheîs / dĭotrephées |
δῐοτρεφέᾰ dĭotrephéă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| δῐοτρεφέως dĭotrephéōs |
δῐοτρεφέστερος dĭotrephésteros |
δῐοτρεφέστᾰτος dĭotrephéstătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “διοτρεφής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- διοτρεφής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963