ὁλοπόρφυρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + πορφύρα (porphúra, “purple dye”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ho.lo.pór.pʰy.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)o.loˈpor.pʰy.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /o.loˈpor.ɸy.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /o.loˈpor.fy.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /o.loˈpor.fi.ros/
Adjective
ὁλοπόρφῠρος • (holopórphŭros) m or f (neuter ὁλοπόρφῠρον); second declension
- all purple
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ὁλοπόρφῠρος holopórphŭros |
ὁλοπόρφῠρον holopórphŭron |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ρω holoporphŭ́rō |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ρω holoporphŭ́rō |
ὁλοπόρφῠροι holopórphŭroi |
ὁλοπόρφῠρᾰ holopórphŭră | ||||||||
| Genitive | ὁλοπορφῠ́ρου holoporphŭ́rou |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ρου holoporphŭ́rou |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ροιν holoporphŭ́roin |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ροιν holoporphŭ́roin |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ρων holoporphŭ́rōn |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ρων holoporphŭ́rōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ὁλοπορφῠ́ρῳ holoporphŭ́rōi |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ρῳ holoporphŭ́rōi |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ροιν holoporphŭ́roin |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ροιν holoporphŭ́roin |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ροις holoporphŭ́rois |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ροις holoporphŭ́rois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ὁλοπόρφῠρον holopórphŭron |
ὁλοπόρφῠρον holopórphŭron |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ρω holoporphŭ́rō |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ρω holoporphŭ́rō |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ρους holoporphŭ́rous |
ὁλοπόρφῠρᾰ holopórphŭră | ||||||||
| Vocative | ὁλοπόρφῠρε holopórphŭre |
ὁλοπόρφῠρον holopórphŭron |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ρω holoporphŭ́rō |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ρω holoporphŭ́rō |
ὁλοπόρφῠροι holopórphŭroi |
ὁλοπόρφῠρᾰ holopórphŭră | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ὁλοπορφῠ́ρως holoporphŭ́rōs |
ὁλοπορφῠρώτερος holoporphŭrṓteros |
ὁλοπορφῠρώτᾰτος holoporphŭrṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ὁλοπόρφυρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὁλοπόρφυρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette