σέρφος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- σύρφος (súrphos)
Etymology
According to Beekes, probably of Pre-Greek origin. Compare also σέριφος (sériphos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sér.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈser.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈser.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈser.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈser.fos/
Noun
σέρφος • (sérphos) m (genitive σέρφου); second declension
- gnat or winged ant
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ σέρφος; τοῦ σέρφου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ σέρφος ho sérphos | τὼ σέρφω tṑ sérphō | οἱ σέρφοι hoi sérphoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ σέρφου toû sérphou | τοῖν σέρφοιν toîn sérphoin | τῶν σέρφων tôn sérphōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ σέρφῳ tôi sérphōi | τοῖν σέρφοιν toîn sérphoin | τοῖς σέρφοις toîs sérphois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν σέρφον tòn sérphon | τὼ σέρφω tṑ sérphō | τοὺς σέρφους toùs sérphous | ||||||||||
Vocative | σέρφε sérphe | σέρφω sérphō | σέρφοι sérphoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “σέρφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σέρφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN