χρύσοφρυς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- χρύσοφος (khrúsophos)
Etymology
From χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + ὀφρῡ́ς (ophrū́s, “eyebrow”), because this fish has a golden spot over each eye.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰry̌ː.so.pʰrys/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰry.so.pʰrys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈxry.so.ɸrys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈxry.so.frys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈxri.so.fris/
Noun
χρῡ́σοφρῠς • (khrū́sophrus) m (genitive χρῡσόφρῠος); third declension
- gilthead (Sparus aurata)
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ χρῡ́σοφρῠς; τοῦ χρῡσόφρῠος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ χρῡ́σοφρῠς ho khrū́sophrus | τὼ χρῡσόφρῠε tṑ khrūsóphrue | οἱ χρῡσόφρῠες hoi khrūsóphrues | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ χρῡσόφρῠος toû khrūsóphruos | τοῖν χρῡσοφρῠ́οιν toîn khrūsophrúoin | τῶν χρῡσοφρῠ́ων tôn khrūsophrúōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ χρῡσόφρῠῐ̈ / χρῡσόφρυι tôi khrūsóphruï / khrūsóphrui | χρῡσοφρῠ́οιν khrūsophrúoin | τοῖς χρῡσόφρῠσῐ / χρῡσόφρῠσῐν toîs khrūsóphrusi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν χρῡ́σοφρῠν tòn khrū́sophrun | χρῡσόφρῠε khrūsóphrue | τοὺς χρῡσόφρῡς / χρῡσόφρῠᾰς toùs khrūsóphrūs / khrūsóphruas | ||||||||||
Vocative | χρῡ́σοφρῠ khrū́sophru | χρῡσόφρῠε khrūsóphrue | χρῡσόφρῠες khrūsóphrues | ||||||||||
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References
- χρύσοφρυς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χρύσοφρυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette