πορφυρογέννητος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πορφύρᾱ (porphúrā, “purple dye”) +‎ γεννητός (gennētós, “born”).

Pronunciation

(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /por.fi.roˈʝe.ni.tos/

Adjective

πορφυρογέννητος • (porphurogénnētos) m (feminine πορφυρογεννήτη, neuter πορφυρογέννητον); first/second declension

born to the purple, an epithet of some Byzantine royals

Inflection

First and second declension of πορφυρογέννητος; πορφυρογεννήτη; πορφυρογέννητον (Byzantine)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	πορφυρογέννητος porphurogénnētos	πορφυρογεννήτη porphurogennḗtē	πορφυρογέννητον porphurogénnēton	πορφυρογεννήτω porphurogennḗtō	πορφυρογεννήτᾱ porphurogennḗtā	πορφυρογεννήτω porphurogennḗtō	πορφυρογέννητοι porphurogénnētoi	πορφυρογέννηται porphurogénnētai	πορφυρογέννητᾰ porphurogénnētă
Genitive	πορφυρογεννήτου porphurogennḗtou	πορφυρογεννήτης porphurogennḗtēs	πορφυρογεννήτου porphurogennḗtou	πορφυρογεννήτοιν porphurogennḗtoin	πορφυρογεννήταιν porphurogennḗtain	πορφυρογεννήτοιν porphurogennḗtoin	πορφυρογεννήτων porphurogennḗtōn	πορφυρογεννήτων porphurogennḗtōn	πορφυρογεννήτων porphurogennḗtōn
Dative	πορφυρογεννήτῳ porphurogennḗtōi	πορφυρογεννήτῃ porphurogennḗtēi	πορφυρογεννήτῳ porphurogennḗtōi	πορφυρογεννήτοιν porphurogennḗtoin	πορφυρογεννήταιν porphurogennḗtain	πορφυρογεννήτοιν porphurogennḗtoin	πορφυρογεννήτοις porphurogennḗtois	πορφυρογεννήταις porphurogennḗtais	πορφυρογεννήτοις porphurogennḗtois
Accusative	πορφυρογέννητον porphurogénnēton	πορφυρογεννήτην porphurogennḗtēn	πορφυρογέννητον porphurogénnēton	πορφυρογεννήτω porphurogennḗtō	πορφυρογεννήτᾱ porphurogennḗtā	πορφυρογεννήτω porphurogennḗtō	πορφυρογεννήτους porphurogennḗtous	πορφυρογεννήτᾱς porphurogennḗtās	πορφυρογέννητᾰ porphurogénnētă
Vocative	πορφυρογέννητε porphurogénnēte	πορφυρογεννήτη porphurogennḗtē	πορφυρογέννητον porphurogénnēton	πορφυρογεννήτω porphurogennḗtō	πορφυρογεννήτᾱ porphurogennḗtā	πορφυρογεννήτω porphurogennḗtō	πορφυρογέννητοι porphurogénnētoi	πορφυρογέννηται porphurogénnētai	πορφυρογέννητᾰ porphurogénnētă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	πορφυρογεννήτως porphurogennḗtōs			—			—

Descendants

→ English: born to the purple, born in the purple (calque)
→ Latin: porphyrogenitus (partial calque)