πορφυρίων
See also: Πορφυρίων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πορφύρα (porphúra, “purple dye”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /por.pʰy.rí.ɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /por.pʰyˈri.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /por.ɸyˈri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /por.fyˈri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /por.fiˈri.on/
Noun
πορφῠρῐ́ων • (porphuríōn) m (genitive πορφῠρῐ́ονος); third declension
- purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
- kind of octopus
- kind of fish
Declension
Third declension of ὁ πορφῠρῐ́ων; τοῦ πορφῠρῐ́ονος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ πορφῠρῐ́ων ho porphuríōn | τὼ πορφῠρῐ́ονε tṑ porphuríone | οἱ πορφῠρῐ́ονες hoi porphuríones | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πορφῠρῐ́ονος toû porphuríonos | τοῖν πορφῠρῐόνοιν toîn porphuriónoin | τῶν πορφῠρῐόνων tôn porphuriónōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πορφῠρῐ́ονῐ tôi porphuríoni | πορφῠρῐόνοιν porphuriónoin | τοῖς πορφῠρῐ́οσῐ / πορφῠρῐ́οσῐν toîs porphuríosi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν πορφῠρῐ́ονᾰ tòn porphuríona | πορφῠρῐ́ονε porphuríone | τοὺς πορφῠρῐ́ονᾰς toùs porphuríonas | ||||||||||
Vocative | πορφῠρῐ́ον porphuríon | πορφῠρῐ́ονε porphuríone | πορφῠρῐ́ονες porphuríones | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- πορφυρίων in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πορφυρίων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette