τίφινος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τίφη (típhē, “einkorn wheat”) + -ινος (-inos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tí.pʰi.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈti.pʰi.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈti.ɸi.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈti.fi.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈti.fi.nos/
Adjective
τῐ́φῐνος • (tĭ́phĭnos) m (feminine τῐφῐ́νη, neuter τῐ́φῐνον); first/second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | τῐ́φῐνος tĭ́phĭnos |
τῐφῐ́νη tĭphĭ́nē |
τῐ́φῐνον tĭ́phĭnon |
τῐφῐ́νω tĭphĭ́nō |
τῐφῐ́νᾱ tĭphĭ́nā |
τῐφῐ́νω tĭphĭ́nō |
τῐ́φῐνοι tĭ́phĭnoi |
τῐ́φῐναι tĭ́phĭnai |
τῐ́φῐνᾰ tĭ́phĭnă | |||||
| Genitive | τῐφῐ́νου tĭphĭ́nou |
τῐφῐ́νης tĭphĭ́nēs |
τῐφῐ́νου tĭphĭ́nou |
τῐφῐ́νοιν tĭphĭ́noin |
τῐφῐ́ναιν tĭphĭ́nain |
τῐφῐ́νοιν tĭphĭ́noin |
τῐφῐ́νων tĭphĭ́nōn |
τῐφῐ́νων tĭphĭ́nōn |
τῐφῐ́νων tĭphĭ́nōn | |||||
| Dative | τῐφῐ́νῳ tĭphĭ́nōi |
τῐφῐ́νῃ tĭphĭ́nēi |
τῐφῐ́νῳ tĭphĭ́nōi |
τῐφῐ́νοιν tĭphĭ́noin |
τῐφῐ́ναιν tĭphĭ́nain |
τῐφῐ́νοιν tĭphĭ́noin |
τῐφῐ́νοις tĭphĭ́nois |
τῐφῐ́ναις tĭphĭ́nais |
τῐφῐ́νοις tĭphĭ́nois | |||||
| Accusative | τῐ́φῐνον tĭ́phĭnon |
τῐφῐ́νην tĭphĭ́nēn |
τῐ́φῐνον tĭ́phĭnon |
τῐφῐ́νω tĭphĭ́nō |
τῐφῐ́νᾱ tĭphĭ́nā |
τῐφῐ́νω tĭphĭ́nō |
τῐφῐ́νους tĭphĭ́nous |
τῐφῐ́νᾱς tĭphĭ́nās |
τῐ́φῐνᾰ tĭ́phĭnă | |||||
| Vocative | τῐ́φῐνε tĭ́phĭne |
τῐφῐ́νη tĭphĭ́nē |
τῐ́φῐνον tĭ́phĭnon |
τῐφῐ́νω tĭphĭ́nō |
τῐφῐ́νᾱ tĭphĭ́nā |
τῐφῐ́νω tĭphĭ́nō |
τῐ́φῐνοι tĭ́phĭnoi |
τῐ́φῐναι tĭ́phĭnai |
τῐ́φῐνᾰ tĭ́phĭnă | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| τῐφῐ́νως tĭphĭ́nōs |
τῐφῐνώτερος tĭphĭnṓteros |
τῐφῐνώτᾰτος tĭphĭnṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “τίφινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τίφινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette