ταπεινοφροσύνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τᾰπεινόφρων (tapeinóphrōn, “humble; mean-spirited”) + -σύνη (-súnē, “-ness”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ta.peː.no.pʰro.sý.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ta.pi.no.pʰroˈsy.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ta.pi.no.ɸroˈsy.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ta.pi.no.froˈsy.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ta.pi.no.froˈsi.ni/
Noun
τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νη • (tapeinophrosúnē) f (genitive τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νης); first declension
- (in good sense) humility, humbleness
- (in bad sense) meanspiritedness
Inflection
First declension of ἡ τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νη; τῆς τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νη hē tapeinophrosúnē | τὼ τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νᾱ tṑ tapeinophrosúnā | αἱ τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́ναι hai tapeinophrosúnai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νης tês tapeinophrosúnēs | τοῖν τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́ναιν toîn tapeinophrosúnain | τῶν τᾰπεινοφροσῠνῶν tôn tapeinophrosunôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νῃ têi tapeinophrosúnēi | τοῖν τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́ναιν toîn tapeinophrosúnain | ταῖς τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́ναις taîs tapeinophrosúnais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νην tḕn tapeinophrosúnēn | τὼ τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νᾱ tṑ tapeinophrosúnā | τᾱ̀ς τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νᾱς tā̀s tapeinophrosúnās | ||||||||||
Vocative | τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νη tapeinophrosúnē | τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νᾱ tapeinophrosúnā | τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́ναι tapeinophrosúnai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ταπεινοφροσύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ταπεινοφροσύνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette