δαΐφρων
Ancient Greek
FWOTD – 4 February 2017
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /da.í.pʰrɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /daˈi.pʰron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðaˈi.ɸron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðaˈi.fron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðaˈi.fron/
Etymology 1
From δάϊς (dáïs, “battle”) + -φρων (-phrōn), combining form of φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”).
Adjective
δᾰΐφρων • (daḯphrōn) m, f (neuter δάϊφρον); third declension
- warlike, fiery
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.23:
- εὕδεις Ἀτρέος υἱὲ δαΐφρονος ἱπποδάμοιο
- heúdeis Atréos huiè daḯphronos hippodámoio
- you are sleeping, son of warlike Atreus the horse-tamer,
- εὕδεις Ἀτρέος υἱὲ δαΐφρονος ἱπποδάμοιο
- Q., S. 1.47
Declension
Third declension of δᾰῐ̈́φρων; δάϊφρον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | δᾰῐ̈́φρων daḯphrōn | δάϊφρον dáïphron | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνε daḯphrōne | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνε daḯphrōne | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνες daḯphrōnes | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνᾰ daḯphrōna | ||||||||
Genitive | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνος daḯphrōnos | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνος daḯphrōnos | δᾰῐ̈φρώνοιν daïphrṓnoin | δᾰῐ̈φρώνοιν daïphrṓnoin | δᾰῐ̈φρώνων daïphrṓnōn | δᾰῐ̈φρώνων daïphrṓnōn | ||||||||
Dative | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνῐ daḯphrōni | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνῐ daḯphrōni | δᾰῐ̈φρώνοιν daïphrṓnoin | δᾰῐ̈φρώνοιν daïphrṓnoin | δᾰῐ̈́φρωσῐ / δᾰῐ̈́φρωσῐν daḯphrōsi(n) | δᾰῐ̈́φρωσῐ / δᾰῐ̈́φρωσῐν daḯphrōsi(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνᾰ daḯphrōna | δάϊφρον dáïphron | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνε daḯphrōne | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνε daḯphrōne | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνᾰς daḯphrōnas | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνᾰ daḯphrōna | ||||||||
Vocative | δᾰῐ̈́φρων daḯphrōn | δάϊφρον dáïphron | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνε daḯphrōne | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνε daḯphrōne | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνες daḯphrōnes | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνᾰ daḯphrōna | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
δᾰῐ̈φρώνως daïphrṓnōs | — | — | ||||||||||||
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Etymology 2
From δάω (dáō, “to learn”) + -φρων (-phrōn), combining form of φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”).
Adjective
δᾰΐφρων • (daḯphrōn) m, f (neuter δάϊφρον); third declension
- wise, prudent
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 11.482:
- ὥς ῥα τότʼ ἀμφʼ Ὀδυσῆα δαΐφρονα ποικιλομήτην
Τρῶες ἕπον πολλοί τε καὶ ἄλκιμοι- hṓs rha tótʼ amphʼ Odusêa daḯphrona poikilomḗtēn
Trôes hépon polloí te kaì álkimoi - in that way then many brave Trojans surrounded prudent Odysseus of various wiles
- hṓs rha tótʼ amphʼ Odusêa daḯphrona poikilomḗtēn
- ὥς ῥα τότʼ ἀμφʼ Ὀδυσῆα δαΐφρονα ποικιλομήτην
Declension
Third declension of δᾰῐ̈́φρων; δάϊφρον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | δᾰῐ̈́φρων daḯphrōn | δάϊφρον dáïphron | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνε daḯphrōne | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνε daḯphrōne | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνες daḯphrōnes | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνᾰ daḯphrōna | ||||||||
Genitive | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνος daḯphrōnos | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνος daḯphrōnos | δᾰῐ̈φρώνοιν daïphrṓnoin | δᾰῐ̈φρώνοιν daïphrṓnoin | δᾰῐ̈φρώνων daïphrṓnōn | δᾰῐ̈φρώνων daïphrṓnōn | ||||||||
Dative | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνῐ daḯphrōni | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνῐ daḯphrōni | δᾰῐ̈φρώνοιν daïphrṓnoin | δᾰῐ̈φρώνοιν daïphrṓnoin | δᾰῐ̈́φρωσῐ / δᾰῐ̈́φρωσῐν daḯphrōsi(n) | δᾰῐ̈́φρωσῐ / δᾰῐ̈́φρωσῐν daḯphrōsi(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνᾰ daḯphrōna | δάϊφρον dáïphron | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνε daḯphrōne | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνε daḯphrōne | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνᾰς daḯphrōnas | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνᾰ daḯphrōna | ||||||||
Vocative | δᾰῐ̈́φρων daḯphrōn | δάϊφρον dáïphron | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνε daḯphrōne | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνε daḯphrōne | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνες daḯphrōnes | δᾰῐ̈́φρωνᾰ daḯphrōna | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
δᾰῐ̈φρώνως daïphrṓnōs | — | — | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- δαΐφρων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δαΐφρων in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press