ὑφορβός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ὗς (hûs) + φέρβω (phérbō) + -ός (-ós); compare φορβή (phorbḗ, “food, fodder”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hy.pʰor.bós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)y.pʰorˈbos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /y.ɸorˈβos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /y.forˈvos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.forˈvos/
Noun
ὑφορβός • (huphorbós) m (genitive ὑφορβοῦ); second declension
- swineherd
- Synonym: συφορβός (suphorbós)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ὑφορβός ho huphorbós |
τὼ ὑφορβώ tṑ huphorbṓ |
οἱ ὑφορβοί hoi huphorboí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὑφορβοῦ toû huphorboû |
τοῖν ὑφορβοῖν toîn huphorboîn |
τῶν ὑφορβῶν tôn huphorbôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὑφορβῷ tōî huphorbōî |
τοῖν ὑφορβοῖν toîn huphorboîn |
τοῖς ὑφορβοῖς toîs huphorboîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ὑφορβόν tòn huphorbón |
τὼ ὑφορβώ tṑ huphorbṓ |
τοὺς ὑφορβούς toùs huphorboús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὑφορβέ huphorbé |
ὑφορβώ huphorbṓ |
ὑφορβοί huphorboí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ὑφορβός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὑφορβός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ὑφορβός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ὑφορβός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ὑφορβός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963