τερψίμβροτος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τέρψῐς (térpsĭs, “delight, pleasure”) + βροτός (brotós, “human being”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /terp.sím.bro.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /terpˈsim.bro.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /terpˈsim.bro.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /terpˈsim.bro.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /terpˈsim.bro.tos/
Adjective
τερψῐ́μβροτος • (terpsĭ́mbrotos) m or f (neuter τερψῐ́μβροτον); second declension
- gladdening the heart of man
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | τερψῐ́μβροτος terpsĭ́mbrotos |
τερψῐ́μβροτον terpsĭ́mbroton |
τερψῐμβρότω terpsĭmbrótō |
τερψῐμβρότω terpsĭmbrótō |
τερψῐ́μβροτοι terpsĭ́mbrotoi |
τερψῐ́μβροτᾰ terpsĭ́mbrotă | ||||||||
| Genitive | τερψῐμβρότου terpsĭmbrótou |
τερψῐμβρότου terpsĭmbrótou |
τερψῐμβρότοιν terpsĭmbrótoin |
τερψῐμβρότοιν terpsĭmbrótoin |
τερψῐμβρότων terpsĭmbrótōn |
τερψῐμβρότων terpsĭmbrótōn | ||||||||
| Dative | τερψῐμβρότῳ terpsĭmbrótōi |
τερψῐμβρότῳ terpsĭmbrótōi |
τερψῐμβρότοιν terpsĭmbrótoin |
τερψῐμβρότοιν terpsĭmbrótoin |
τερψῐμβρότοις terpsĭmbrótois |
τερψῐμβρότοις terpsĭmbrótois | ||||||||
| Accusative | τερψῐ́μβροτον terpsĭ́mbroton |
τερψῐ́μβροτον terpsĭ́mbroton |
τερψῐμβρότω terpsĭmbrótō |
τερψῐμβρότω terpsĭmbrótō |
τερψῐμβρότους terpsĭmbrótous |
τερψῐ́μβροτᾰ terpsĭ́mbrotă | ||||||||
| Vocative | τερψῐ́μβροτε terpsĭ́mbrote |
τερψῐ́μβροτον terpsĭ́mbroton |
τερψῐμβρότω terpsĭmbrótō |
τερψῐμβρότω terpsĭmbrótō |
τερψῐ́μβροτοι terpsĭ́mbrotoi |
τερψῐ́μβροτᾰ terpsĭ́mbrotă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| τερψῐμβρότως terpsĭmbrótōs |
τερψῐμβροτώτερος terpsĭmbrotṓteros |
τερψῐμβροτώτᾰτος terpsĭmbrotṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “τερψίμβροτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τερψίμβροτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “τερψίμβροτος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- τερψίμβροτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- τερψίμβροτος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963