πορφυρίων
See also: Πορφυρίων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πορφύρα (porphúra, “purple dye”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /por.pʰy.rí.ɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /por.pʰyˈri.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /por.ɸyˈri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /por.fyˈri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /por.fiˈri.on/
Noun
πορφῠρῐ́ων • (porphŭrĭ́ōn) m (genitive πορφῠρῐ́ονος); third declension
- purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
- kind of octopus
- kind of fish
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ πορφῠρῐ́ων ho porphŭrĭ́ōn |
τὼ πορφῠρῐ́ονε tṑ porphŭrĭ́one |
οἱ πορφῠρῐ́ονες hoi porphŭrĭ́ones | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πορφῠρῐ́ονος toû porphŭrĭ́onos |
τοῖν πορφῠρῐόνοιν toîn porphŭrĭónoin |
τῶν πορφῠρῐόνων tôn porphŭrĭónōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πορφῠρῐ́ονῐ tōî porphŭrĭ́onĭ |
τοῖν πορφῠρῐόνοιν toîn porphŭrĭónoin |
τοῖς πορφῠρῐ́οσῐ / πορφῠρῐ́οσῐν toîs porphŭrĭ́osĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πορφῠρῐ́ονᾰ tòn porphŭrĭ́onă |
τὼ πορφῠρῐ́ονε tṑ porphŭrĭ́one |
τοὺς πορφῠρῐ́ονᾰς toùs porphŭrĭ́onăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πορφῠρῐ́ον porphŭrĭ́on |
πορφῠρῐ́ονε porphŭrĭ́one |
πορφῠρῐ́ονες porphŭrĭ́ones | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πορφυρίων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πορφυρίων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette