νυμφίος
See also: νύμφιος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From νύμφη (númphē) + -ιος (-ios)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nym.pʰí.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /nymˈpʰi.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /nymˈɸi.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /nymˈfi.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /nimˈfi.os/
Noun
νυμφίος • (numphíos) m (genitive νυμφίου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ νυμφῐ́ος ho numphĭ́os |
τὼ νυμφῐ́ω tṑ numphĭ́ō |
οἱ νυμφῐ́οι hoi numphĭ́oi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ νυμφῐ́ου toû numphĭ́ou |
τοῖν νυμφῐ́οιν toîn numphĭ́oin |
τῶν νυμφῐ́ων tôn numphĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ νυμφῐ́ῳ tōî numphĭ́ōi |
τοῖν νυμφῐ́οιν toîn numphĭ́oin |
τοῖς νυμφῐ́οις toîs numphĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν νυμφῐ́ον tòn numphĭ́on |
τὼ νυμφῐ́ω tṑ numphĭ́ō |
τοὺς νυμφῐ́ους toùs numphĭ́ous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | νυμφῐ́ε numphĭ́e |
νυμφῐ́ω numphĭ́ō |
νυμφῐ́οι numphĭ́oi | ||||||||||
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Coordinate terms
- νύμφη (númphē, “bride”)
Further reading
- νυμφίος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- νυμφίος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “νυμφίος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νυμφίος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G3566 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bridegroom idem, page 98.