τερπνός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the radical of τέρπω (térpō) + -νός (-nós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ter.pnós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /terˈpnos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /terˈpnos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /terˈpnos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /terˈpnos/
Adjective
τερπνός • (terpnós) m (feminine τερπνή, neuter τερπνόν); first/second declension
- pleasant, delightful
Inflection
First and second declension of τερπνός; τερπνή; τερπνόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | τερπνός terpnós | τερπνή terpnḗ | τερπνόν terpnón | τερπνώ terpnṓ | τερπνᾱ́ terpnā́ | τερπνώ terpnṓ | τερπνοί terpnoí | τερπναί terpnaí | τερπνᾰ́ terpná | |||||
Genitive | τερπνοῦ terpnoû | τερπνῆς terpnês | τερπνοῦ terpnoû | τερπνοῖν terpnoîn | τερπναῖν terpnaîn | τερπνοῖν terpnoîn | τερπνῶν terpnôn | τερπνῶν terpnôn | τερπνῶν terpnôn | |||||
Dative | τερπνῷ terpnôi | τερπνῇ terpnêi | τερπνῷ terpnôi | τερπνοῖν terpnoîn | τερπναῖν terpnaîn | τερπνοῖν terpnoîn | τερπνοῖς terpnoîs | τερπναῖς terpnaîs | τερπνοῖς terpnoîs | |||||
Accusative | τερπνόν terpnón | τερπνήν terpnḗn | τερπνόν terpnón | τερπνώ terpnṓ | τερπνᾱ́ terpnā́ | τερπνώ terpnṓ | τερπνούς terpnoús | τερπνᾱ́ς terpnā́s | τερπνᾰ́ terpná | |||||
Vocative | τερπνέ terpné | τερπνή terpnḗ | τερπνόν terpnón | τερπνώ terpnṓ | τερπνᾱ́ terpnā́ | τερπνώ terpnṓ | τερπνοί terpnoí | τερπναί terpnaí | τερπνᾰ́ terpná | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
τερπνῶς terpnôs | τερπνότερος terpnóteros | τερπνότᾰτος terpnótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- τερπνότης (terpnótēs)
Descendants
- Greek: τερπνός (terpnós)
Further reading
- “τερπνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- τερπνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette