τέφρινος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τέφρα (téphra, “ash”) + -ινος (-inos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /té.pʰri.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈte.pʰri.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈte.ɸri.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈte.fri.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈte.fri.nos/
Adjective
τέφρῐνος • (téphrĭnos) m (feminine τεφρῐ́νη, neuter τέφρῐνον); first/second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | τέφρῐνος téphrĭnos |
τεφρῐ́νη tephrĭ́nē |
τέφρῐνον téphrĭnon |
τεφρῐ́νω tephrĭ́nō |
τεφρῐ́νᾱ tephrĭ́nā |
τεφρῐ́νω tephrĭ́nō |
τέφρῐνοι téphrĭnoi |
τέφρῐναι téphrĭnai |
τέφρῐνᾰ téphrĭnă | |||||
| Genitive | τεφρῐ́νου tephrĭ́nou |
τεφρῐ́νης tephrĭ́nēs |
τεφρῐ́νου tephrĭ́nou |
τεφρῐ́νοιν tephrĭ́noin |
τεφρῐ́ναιν tephrĭ́nain |
τεφρῐ́νοιν tephrĭ́noin |
τεφρῐ́νων tephrĭ́nōn |
τεφρῐ́νων tephrĭ́nōn |
τεφρῐ́νων tephrĭ́nōn | |||||
| Dative | τεφρῐ́νῳ tephrĭ́nōi |
τεφρῐ́νῃ tephrĭ́nēi |
τεφρῐ́νῳ tephrĭ́nōi |
τεφρῐ́νοιν tephrĭ́noin |
τεφρῐ́ναιν tephrĭ́nain |
τεφρῐ́νοιν tephrĭ́noin |
τεφρῐ́νοις tephrĭ́nois |
τεφρῐ́ναις tephrĭ́nais |
τεφρῐ́νοις tephrĭ́nois | |||||
| Accusative | τέφρῐνον téphrĭnon |
τεφρῐ́νην tephrĭ́nēn |
τέφρῐνον téphrĭnon |
τεφρῐ́νω tephrĭ́nō |
τεφρῐ́νᾱ tephrĭ́nā |
τεφρῐ́νω tephrĭ́nō |
τεφρῐ́νους tephrĭ́nous |
τεφρῐ́νᾱς tephrĭ́nās |
τέφρῐνᾰ téphrĭnă | |||||
| Vocative | τέφρῐνε téphrĭne |
τεφρῐ́νη tephrĭ́nē |
τέφρῐνον téphrĭnon |
τεφρῐ́νω tephrĭ́nō |
τεφρῐ́νᾱ tephrĭ́nā |
τεφρῐ́νω tephrĭ́nō |
τέφρῐνοι téphrĭnoi |
τέφρῐναι téphrĭnai |
τέφρῐνᾰ téphrĭnă | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| τεφρῐ́νως tephrĭ́nōs |
τεφρῐνώτερος tephrĭnṓteros |
τεφρῐνώτᾰτος tephrĭnṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “τέφρινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τέφρινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette