εὐόφθαλμος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eu̯.ópʰ.tʰal.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈwopʰ.tʰal.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈβoɸ.θal.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈvof.θal.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈvof.θal.mos/
Adjective
εὐόφθᾰλμος • (euóphthălmos) m or f (neuter εὐόφθᾰλμον); second declension
- with beautiful eyes
- keen-eyed, watchful
- pleasing to the eye
- (figuratively) specious, fair only to the eye
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | εὐόφθᾰλμος euóphthălmos |
εὐόφθᾰλμον euóphthălmon |
εὐοφθᾰ́λμω euophthắlmō |
εὐοφθᾰ́λμω euophthắlmō |
εὐόφθᾰλμοι euóphthălmoi |
εὐόφθᾰλμᾰ euóphthălmă | ||||||||
| Genitive | εὐοφθᾰ́λμου euophthắlmou |
εὐοφθᾰ́λμου euophthắlmou |
εὐοφθᾰ́λμοιν euophthắlmoin |
εὐοφθᾰ́λμοιν euophthắlmoin |
εὐοφθᾰ́λμων euophthắlmōn |
εὐοφθᾰ́λμων euophthắlmōn | ||||||||
| Dative | εὐοφθᾰ́λμῳ euophthắlmōi |
εὐοφθᾰ́λμῳ euophthắlmōi |
εὐοφθᾰ́λμοιν euophthắlmoin |
εὐοφθᾰ́λμοιν euophthắlmoin |
εὐοφθᾰ́λμοις euophthắlmois |
εὐοφθᾰ́λμοις euophthắlmois | ||||||||
| Accusative | εὐόφθᾰλμον euóphthălmon |
εὐόφθᾰλμον euóphthălmon |
εὐοφθᾰ́λμω euophthắlmō |
εὐοφθᾰ́λμω euophthắlmō |
εὐοφθᾰ́λμους euophthắlmous |
εὐόφθᾰλμᾰ euóphthălmă | ||||||||
| Vocative | εὐόφθᾰλμε euóphthălme |
εὐόφθᾰλμον euóphthălmon |
εὐοφθᾰ́λμω euophthắlmō |
εὐοφθᾰ́λμω euophthắlmō |
εὐόφθᾰλμοι euóphthălmoi |
εὐόφθᾰλμᾰ euóphthălmă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| εὐοφθᾰ́λμως euophthắlmōs |
εὐοφθᾰλμότερος euophthălmóteros |
εὐοφθᾰλμότᾰτος euophthălmótătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “εὐόφθαλμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- εὐόφθαλμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette