τάρφος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown. Usually derived from τρέφω (tréphō, “to feed”) but the development is irregular and the semantics are not compelling.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tár.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtar.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈtar.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈtar.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈtar.fos/
Noun
τάρφος • (tárphos) n (genitive τάρφεος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τᾰ́ρφος tắrphos |
τᾰ́ρφει / τᾰ́ρφεε tắrphei / tắrphee |
τᾰ́ρφεᾰ tắrpheă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τᾰ́ρφεος / τᾰ́ρφευς tắrpheos / tắrpheus |
τᾰρφέοιν tărphéoin |
τᾰρφέων tărphéōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τᾰ́ρφει / τᾰ́ρφεῐ̈ tắrphei / tắrpheĭ̈ |
τᾰρφέοιν tărphéoin |
τᾰ́ρφεσῐ / τᾰ́ρφεσῐν tắrphesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τᾰ́ρφος tắrphos |
τᾰ́ρφει / τᾰ́ρφεε tắrphei / tắrphee |
τᾰ́ρφεᾰ tắrpheă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τᾰ́ρφος tắrphos |
τᾰ́ρφει / τᾰ́ρφεε tắrphei / tắrphee |
τᾰ́ρφεᾰ tắrpheă | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ταρφύς (tarphús)
Further reading
- “τάρφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τάρφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “τάρφος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- τάρφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- τάρφος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN