ὀρφνός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὄρφνη (órphnē, “darkness”) + -ός (-ós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /or.pʰnós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /orˈpʰnos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /orˈɸnos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /orˈfnos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /orˈfnos/
Adjective
ὀρφνός • (orphnós) m (feminine ὀρφνή, neuter ὀρφνόν); first/second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | ὀρφνός orphnós |
ὀρφνή orphnḗ |
ὀρφνόν orphnón |
ὀρφνώ orphnṓ |
ὀρφνᾱ́ orphnā́ |
ὀρφνώ orphnṓ |
ὀρφνοί orphnoí |
ὀρφναί orphnaí |
ὀρφνᾰ́ orphnắ | |||||
| Genitive | ὀρφνοῦ orphnoû |
ὀρφνῆς orphnês |
ὀρφνοῦ orphnoû |
ὀρφνοῖν orphnoîn |
ὀρφναῖν orphnaîn |
ὀρφνοῖν orphnoîn |
ὀρφνῶν orphnôn |
ὀρφνῶν orphnôn |
ὀρφνῶν orphnôn | |||||
| Dative | ὀρφνῷ orphnōî |
ὀρφνῇ orphnēî |
ὀρφνῷ orphnōî |
ὀρφνοῖν orphnoîn |
ὀρφναῖν orphnaîn |
ὀρφνοῖν orphnoîn |
ὀρφνοῖς orphnoîs |
ὀρφναῖς orphnaîs |
ὀρφνοῖς orphnoîs | |||||
| Accusative | ὀρφνόν orphnón |
ὀρφνήν orphnḗn |
ὀρφνόν orphnón |
ὀρφνώ orphnṓ |
ὀρφνᾱ́ orphnā́ |
ὀρφνώ orphnṓ |
ὀρφνούς orphnoús |
ὀρφνᾱ́ς orphnā́s |
ὀρφνᾰ́ orphnắ | |||||
| Vocative | ὀρφνέ orphné |
ὀρφνή orphnḗ |
ὀρφνόν orphnón |
ὀρφνώ orphnṓ |
ὀρφνᾱ́ orphnā́ |
ὀρφνώ orphnṓ |
ὀρφνοί orphnoí |
ὀρφναί orphnaí |
ὀρφνᾰ́ orphnắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ὀρφνῶς orphnôs |
ὀρφνότερος orphnóteros |
ὀρφνότᾰτος orphnótătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ὀρφνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀρφνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette