λόφος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably from the same Indo-European source as Tocharian A lap (“head”) and Proto-Slavic *lъbъ (“skull”).[1]
In 1819, Rees thought it to be akin to Old English hlifian (“to raise up, tower, stand out”).[2]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ló.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlo.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlo.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlo.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlo.fos/
Noun
λόφος • (lóphos) m (genitive λόφου); second declension
- the back of the neck, the withers (of a horse), the nape (of a person)
- the crest (of a hill), a ridge
- the crest (of a helmet)
- (after Homer) the crest or tuft on the head of a bird; comb (of flesh)
- a tuft of hair (upon the crown of a person)
- synonym of λοφιά (lophiá)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ λόφος ho lóphos |
τὼ λόφω tṑ lóphō |
οἱ λόφοι hoi lóphoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ λόφου toû lóphou |
τοῖν λόφοιν toîn lóphoin |
τῶν λόφων tôn lóphōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ λόφῳ tōî lóphōi |
τοῖν λόφοιν toîn lóphoin |
τοῖς λόφοις toîs lóphois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν λόφον tòn lóphon |
τὼ λόφω tṑ lóphō |
τοὺς λόφους toùs lóphous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | λόφε lóphe |
λόφω lóphō |
λόφοι lóphoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Χῖος λόφος (Khîos lóphos)
- ἑπταλόφος (heptalóphos)
Descendants
- Greek: λόφος (lófos)
- ⇒ Translingual: Sorolopha, Cephalophus
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λόφος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 873-74
- ^ Rees, A. (1819). The Cyclopaedia; Or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature: In Thirty-nine Volumes. Generation - Gre. United Kingdom: Longman.
Further reading
- “λόφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- λόφος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λόφος (lóphos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlo.fos/
- Hyphenation: λό‧φος
Noun
λόφος • (lófos) m (plural λόφοι)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | λόφος (lófos) | λόφοι (lófoi) |
| genitive | λόφου (lófou) | λόφων (lófon) |
| accusative | λόφο (lófo) | λόφους (lófous) |
| vocative | λόφε (lófe) | λόφοι (lófoi) |
Synonyms
- ύψωμα n (ýpsoma)