ὀσφῦς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ὀσφῡ́ς (osphū́s)

Etymology

The formation is similar to ἰξύς (ixús) and νηδύς (nēdús). Often connected with ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”); however, Furnée adduces φύς (phús, “loins”), pointing to a Pre-Greek prothetic vowel. He also accepts the connection with ψόα (psóa, “loin muscles”), which was suggested already by Prellwitz.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /os.pʰŷːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /osˈpʰys/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /osˈɸys/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /osˈfys/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /osˈfis/

Noun

ὀσφῦς • (osphûs) f (genitive ὀσφύος); third declension

(anatomy) hips or loins, lower part of the back

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ὀσφῦς; τῆς ὀσφῠός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὀσφῦς hē osphûs	τὼ ὀσφῠ́ε tṑ osphŭ́e	αἱ ὀσφῠ́ες hai osphŭ́es
Genitive	τῆς ὀσφῠός tês osphŭós	τοῖν ὀσφῠοῖν toîn osphŭoîn	τῶν ὀσφῠῶν tôn osphŭôn
Dative	τῇ ὀσφῠῐ̈́ tēî osphŭĭ̈́	τοῖν ὀσφῠοῖν toîn osphŭoîn	ταῖς ὀσφῡσῐ́ / ὀσφῡσῐ́ν / ὀσφῠσῐ́ / ὀσφῠσῐ́ν taîs osphūsĭ́(n) / osphŭsĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὴν ὀσφῦν tḕn osphûn	τὼ ὀσφῠ́ε tṑ osphŭ́e	τᾱ̀ς ὀσφῦς / ὀσφῠ́ᾰς tā̀s osphûs / osphŭ́ăs
Vocative	ὀσφῦ osphû	ὀσφῠ́ε osphŭ́e	ὀσφῠ́ες osphŭ́es
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ὀσφυαλγέω (osphualgéō)
ὀσφυαλγής (osphualgḗs)
ὀσφυαλγία (osphualgía)
ὀσφύδιον (osphúdion)
ὀσφυήξ (osphuḗx)

Descendants

Greek: οσφύς (osfýs)