ἑφθός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἕψω (hépsō, “to boil, seethe”) + -τός (-tós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hepʰ.tʰós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)epʰˈtʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eɸˈθos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /efˈθos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /efˈθos/
Adjective
ἑφθός • (hephthós) m (feminine ἑφθή, neuter ἑφθόν); first/second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | ἑφθός hephthós |
ἑφθή hephthḗ |
ἑφθόν hephthón |
ἑφθώ hephthṓ |
ἑφθᾱ́ hephthā́ |
ἑφθώ hephthṓ |
ἑφθοί hephthoí |
ἑφθαί hephthaí |
ἑφθᾰ́ hephthắ | |||||
| Genitive | ἑφθοῦ hephthoû |
ἑφθῆς hephthês |
ἑφθοῦ hephthoû |
ἑφθοῖν hephthoîn |
ἑφθαῖν hephthaîn |
ἑφθοῖν hephthoîn |
ἑφθῶν hephthôn |
ἑφθῶν hephthôn |
ἑφθῶν hephthôn | |||||
| Dative | ἑφθῷ hephthōî |
ἑφθῇ hephthēî |
ἑφθῷ hephthōî |
ἑφθοῖν hephthoîn |
ἑφθαῖν hephthaîn |
ἑφθοῖν hephthoîn |
ἑφθοῖς hephthoîs |
ἑφθαῖς hephthaîs |
ἑφθοῖς hephthoîs | |||||
| Accusative | ἑφθόν hephthón |
ἑφθήν hephthḗn |
ἑφθόν hephthón |
ἑφθώ hephthṓ |
ἑφθᾱ́ hephthā́ |
ἑφθώ hephthṓ |
ἑφθούς hephthoús |
ἑφθᾱ́ς hephthā́s |
ἑφθᾰ́ hephthắ | |||||
| Vocative | ἑφθέ hephthé |
ἑφθή hephthḗ |
ἑφθόν hephthón |
ἑφθώ hephthṓ |
ἑφθᾱ́ hephthā́ |
ἑφθώ hephthṓ |
ἑφθοί hephthoí |
ἑφθαί hephthaí |
ἑφθᾰ́ hephthắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἑφθῶς hephthôs |
ἑφθότερος hephthóteros |
ἑφθότᾰτος hephthótătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δῐ́εφθος (dĭ́ephthos)
- ἑφθοπώλῐον (hephthopṓlĭon)
- ἑφθότης (hephthótēs)
- ἑφθόω (hephthóō)
Further reading
- “ἑφθός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἑφθός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἑφθός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette