χρύσοφρυς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • χρύσοφος (khrúsophos)

Etymology

From χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) +‎ ὀφρῡ́ς (ophrū́s, “eyebrow”), because this fish has a golden spot over each eye.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χρῡ́σοφρῠς • (khrū́sophrŭs) m (genitive χρῡσόφρῠος); third declension

  1. gilthead (Sparus aurata)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ χρῡ́σοφρῠς; τοῦ χρῡσόφρῠος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ χρῡ́σοφρῠς
ho khrū́sophrŭs 		τὼ χρῡσόφρῠε
tṑ khrūsóphrŭe 		οἱ χρῡσόφρῠες
hoi khrūsóphrŭes
Genitive τοῦ χρῡσόφρῠος
toû khrūsóphrŭos 		τοῖν χρῡσοφρῠ́οιν
toîn khrūsophrŭ́oin 		τῶν χρῡσοφρῠ́ων
tôn khrūsophrŭ́ōn
Dative τῷ χρῡσόφρῠῐ̈ / χρῡσόφρυι
tōî khrūsóphrŭĭ̈ / khrūsóphrui 		τοῖν χρῡσοφρῠ́οιν
toîn khrūsophrŭ́oin 		τοῖς χρῡσόφρῠσῐ / χρῡσόφρῠσῐν
toîs khrūsóphrŭsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν χρῡ́σοφρῠν
tòn khrū́sophrŭn 		τὼ χρῡσόφρῠε
tṑ khrūsóphrŭe 		τοὺς χρῡσόφρῡς / χρῡσόφρῠᾰς
toùs khrūsóphrūs / khrūsóphrŭăs
Vocative χρῡ́σοφρῠ
khrū́sophrŭ 		χρῡσόφρῠε
khrūsóphrŭe 		χρῡσόφρῠες
khrūsóphrŭes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Chrysophrys
  • → Latin: chrȳsophrys

Further reading

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