ἐπιπόρφυρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐπῐ- (epi-, “on, upon”) + πορφύρα (porphúra, “purple dye”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pi.pór.pʰy.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.piˈpor.pʰy.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.piˈpor.ɸy.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.piˈpor.fy.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.piˈpor.fi.ros/
Adjective
ἐπῐπόρφῠρος • (epipórphuros) m or f (neuter ἐπῐπόρφῠρον); second declension
- with a purple tinge
Declension
Second declension of ἐπῐπόρφῠρος; ἐπῐπόρφῠρον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἐπῐπόρφῠρος epipórphuros | ἐπῐπόρφῠρον epipórphuron | ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρω epiporphúrō | ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρω epiporphúrō | ἐπῐπόρφῠροι epipórphuroi | ἐπῐπόρφῠρᾰ epipórphura | ||||||||
Genitive | ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρου epiporphúrou | ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρου epiporphúrou | ἐπῐπορφῠ́ροιν epiporphúroin | ἐπῐπορφῠ́ροιν epiporphúroin | ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρων epiporphúrōn | ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρων epiporphúrōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρῳ epiporphúrōi | ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρῳ epiporphúrōi | ἐπῐπορφῠ́ροιν epiporphúroin | ἐπῐπορφῠ́ροιν epiporphúroin | ἐπῐπορφῠ́ροις epiporphúrois | ἐπῐπορφῠ́ροις epiporphúrois | ||||||||
Accusative | ἐπῐπόρφῠρον epipórphuron | ἐπῐπόρφῠρον epipórphuron | ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρω epiporphúrō | ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρω epiporphúrō | ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρους epiporphúrous | ἐπῐπόρφῠρᾰ epipórphura | ||||||||
Vocative | ἐπῐπόρφῠρε epipórphure | ἐπῐπόρφῠρον epipórphuron | ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρω epiporphúrō | ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρω epiporphúrō | ἐπῐπόρφῠροι epipórphuroi | ἐπῐπόρφῠρᾰ epipórphura | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρως epiporphúrōs | ἐπῐπορφῠρώτερος epiporphurṓteros | ἐπῐπορφῠρώτᾰτος epiporphurṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἐπιπορφυρίζω (epiporphurízō)
Further reading
- “ἐπιπόρφυρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐπιπόρφυρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette