παράφερνα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From παρα- (para-, “beside”) + φερνή (phernḗ, “a dowry”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pa.rá.pʰer.na/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /paˈra.pʰer.na/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /paˈra.ɸer.na/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /paˈra.fer.na/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /paˈra.fer.na/
Noun
πᾰράφερνᾰ • (păráphernă) n pl (genitive πᾰρᾰφέρνων); second declension
- the goods which a bride brings over and above her dowry
Inflection
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | τᾰ̀ πᾰρᾰ́φερνᾰ tằ părắphernă | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν πᾰρᾰφέρνων tôn părăphérnōn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τοῖς πᾰρᾰφέρνοις toîs părăphérnois | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τᾰ̀ πᾰρᾰ́φερνᾰ tằ părắphernă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | πᾰρᾰ́φερνᾰ părắphernă | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “παράφερνα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press