συρφετός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From σύρω (súrō, “to drag, sweep”), with enlargement in -φ-.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /syr.pʰe.tós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /syr.pʰeˈtos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /syr.ɸeˈtos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /syr.feˈtos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sir.feˈtos/
Noun
σῠρφετός • (sŭrphetós) m (genitive σῠρφετοῦ); second declension
- anything dragged or swept together, sweepings, refuse, litter
- (figuratively) mixed crowd, mob, rabble
- (by extension) one of the mob, mobbist
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ σῠρφετός ho sŭrphetós |
τὼ σῠρφετώ tṑ sŭrphetṓ |
οἱ σῠρφετοί hoi sŭrphetoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σῠρφετοῦ toû sŭrphetoû |
τοῖν σῠρφετοῖν toîn sŭrphetoîn |
τῶν σῠρφετῶν tôn sŭrphetôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σῠρφετῷ tōî sŭrphetōî |
τοῖν σῠρφετοῖν toîn sŭrphetoîn |
τοῖς σῠρφετοῖς toîs sŭrphetoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν σῠρφετόν tòn sŭrphetón |
τὼ σῠρφετώ tṑ sŭrphetṓ |
τοὺς σῠρφετούς toùs sŭrphetoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σῠρφετέ sŭrpheté |
σῠρφετώ sŭrphetṓ |
σῠρφετοί sŭrphetoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- σῠρφετώδης (sŭrphetṓdēs)
Further reading
- “συρφετός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “συρφετός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- συρφετός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette