μόρφνος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

μορφνός (morphnós)

Etymology

Like the rhyming word ὀρφνός (orphnós, “dark”), this word is usually explained from a meaning "dark-colored". Similar words are μοριφόν (moriphón, “dark, black”), μορύσσω (morússō, “to soil, defile”), as well as μόρον (móron, “mulberry”). Connection with μορφή (morphḗ, “form”) cannot be proven. The word has also been connected to Sanskrit मृग (mṛga, “deer, antelope”), with an influence from νηττοφόνος (nēttophónos, “kind of eagle”); doubtful in view of the haplology that has to be assumed.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mór.pʰnos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmor.pʰnos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmor.ɸnos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmor.fnos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmor.fnos/

Noun

μόρφνος • (mórphnos) m (genitive μόρφνου); second declension

kind of eagle

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μόρφνος; τοῦ μόρφνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μόρφνος ho mórphnos	τὼ μόρφνω tṑ mórphnō	οἱ μόρφνοι hoi mórphnoi
Genitive	τοῦ μόρφνου toû mórphnou	τοῖν μόρφνοιν toîn mórphnoin	τῶν μόρφνων tôn mórphnōn
Dative	τῷ μόρφνῳ tōî mórphnōi	τοῖν μόρφνοιν toîn mórphnoin	τοῖς μόρφνοις toîs mórphnois
Accusative	τὸν μόρφνον tòn mórphnon	τὼ μόρφνω tṑ mórphnō	τοὺς μόρφνους toùs mórphnous
Vocative	μόρφνε mórphne	μόρφνω mórphnō	μόρφνοι mórphnoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: morphnos
→ Translingual: Morphnus