λιπερνής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Given the existence of λιφερνοῦντας (liphernoûntas, “poor, needy”), the word is probably Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /li.per.nɛ̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /li.perˈne̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /li.perˈnis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /li.perˈnis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /li.perˈnis/

Adjective

λῐπερνής • (lĭpernḗs) m or f (neuter λῐπερνῆτος); third declension

poor, forlorn, outcast

Derived terms

λῐπερνέω (lĭpernéō)
λῐπερνητής (lĭpernētḗs)
λῐπερνῆτῐς (lĭpernêtĭs)

Further reading

“λιπερνής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
λιπερνής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN