θανατηφόρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θᾰ́νᾰτος (thắnătos, “death”) +‎ -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰa.na.tɛː.pʰó.ros/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰa.na.te̝ˈpʰo.ros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θa.na.tiˈɸo.ros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θa.na.tiˈfo.ros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θa.na.tiˈfo.ros/

Adjective

θᾰνᾰτηφόρος • (thănătēphóros) m or f (neuter θᾰνᾰτηφόρον); second declension

deadly, lethal, mortiferous

Inflection

Second declension of θᾰνᾰτηφόρος; θᾰνᾰτηφόρον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	θᾰνᾰτηφόρος thănătēphóros	θᾰνᾰτηφόρον thănătēphóron	θᾰνᾰτηφόρω thănătēphórō	θᾰνᾰτηφόρω thănătēphórō	θᾰνᾰτηφόροι thănătēphóroi	θᾰνᾰτηφόρᾰ thănătēphóră
Genitive	θᾰνᾰτηφόρου thănătēphórou	θᾰνᾰτηφόρου thănătēphórou	θᾰνᾰτηφόροιν thănătēphóroin	θᾰνᾰτηφόροιν thănătēphóroin	θᾰνᾰτηφόρων thănătēphórōn	θᾰνᾰτηφόρων thănătēphórōn
Dative	θᾰνᾰτηφόρῳ thănătēphórōi	θᾰνᾰτηφόρῳ thănătēphórōi	θᾰνᾰτηφόροιν thănătēphóroin	θᾰνᾰτηφόροιν thănătēphóroin	θᾰνᾰτηφόροις thănătēphórois	θᾰνᾰτηφόροις thănătēphórois
Accusative	θᾰνᾰτηφόρον thănătēphóron	θᾰνᾰτηφόρον thănătēphóron	θᾰνᾰτηφόρω thănătēphórō	θᾰνᾰτηφόρω thănătēphórō	θᾰνᾰτηφόρους thănătēphórous	θᾰνᾰτηφόρᾰ thănătēphóră
Vocative	θᾰνᾰτηφόρε thănătēphóre	θᾰνᾰτηφόρον thănătēphóron	θᾰνᾰτηφόρω thănătēphórō	θᾰνᾰτηφόρω thănătēphórō	θᾰνᾰτηφόροι thănătēphóroi	θᾰνᾰτηφόρᾰ thănătēphóră
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	θᾰνᾰτηφόρως thănătēphórōs		θᾰνᾰτηφορώτερος thănătēphorṓteros		θᾰνᾰτηφορώτᾰτος thănătēphorṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Greek: θανατηφόρος (thanatifóros) (learned)

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek θανατηφόρος (thanatēphóros).^[1] By surface analysis, θάνατος (thánatos, “death”) +‎ -φόρος (-fóros, “bearing”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θa.na.tiˈfo.ɾos/
Hyphenation: θα‧να‧τη‧φό‧ρος

Adjective

θανατηφόρος • (thanatifóros) m (feminine θανατηφόρα, neuter θανατηφόρο)

deadly, lethal, mortiferous, death-dealing
Near-synonym: θανάσιμος (thanásimos)

Declension

Declension of θανατηφόρος
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	θανατηφόρος (thanatifóros)	θανατηφόρα (thanatifóra)	θανατηφόρο (thanatifóro)	θανατηφόροι (thanatifóroi)	θανατηφόρες (thanatifóres)	θανατηφόρα (thanatifóra)
genitive	θανατηφόρου (thanatifórou)	θανατηφόρας (thanatifóras)	θανατηφόρου (thanatifórou)	θανατηφόρων (thanatifóron)	θανατηφόρων (thanatifóron)	θανατηφόρων (thanatifóron)
accusative	θανατηφόρο (thanatifóro)	θανατηφόρα (thanatifóra)	θανατηφόρο (thanatifóro)	θανατηφόρους (thanatifórous)	θανατηφόρες (thanatifóres)	θανατηφόρα (thanatifóra)
vocative	θανατηφόρε (thanatifóre)	θανατηφόρα (thanatifóra)	θανατηφόρο (thanatifóro)	θανατηφόροι (thanatifóroi)	θανατηφόρες (thanatifóres)	θανατηφόρα (thanatifóra)

Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο θανατηφόρος, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο θανατηφόρος, etc.)

References

^ θανατηφόρος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

[1] θανατηφόρος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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