ἱερόγλυφος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy”) + γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carved work”), a calque of Egyptian mdw nṯr (“the god’s word”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hi.e.ró.ɡly.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)i.eˈro.ɡly.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.eˈro.ɣly.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.eˈro.ɣly.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.eˈro.ɣli.fos/
Noun
ἱερόγλῠφος • (hierógluphos) m (genitive ἱερογλῠ́φου); second declension
- carver of hieroglyphics
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ἱερόγλῠφος; τοῦ ἱερογλῠ́φου (Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἱερόγλῠφος ho hierógluphos | τὼ ἱερογλῠ́φω tṑ hieroglúphō | οἱ ἱερόγλῠφοι hoi hierógluphoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἱερογλῠ́φου toû hieroglúphou | τοῖν ἱερογλῠ́φοιν toîn hieroglúphoin | τῶν ἱερογλῠ́φων tôn hieroglúphōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἱερογλῠ́φῳ tôi hieroglúphōi | τοῖν ἱερογλῠ́φοιν toîn hieroglúphoin | τοῖς ἱερογλῠ́φοις toîs hieroglúphois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἱερόγλῠφον tòn hierógluphon | τὼ ἱερογλῠ́φω tṑ hieroglúphō | τοὺς ἱερογλῠ́φους toùs hieroglúphous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἱερόγλῠφε hierógluphe | ἱερογλῠ́φω hieroglúphō | ἱερόγλῠφοι hierógluphoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἱερογλῠφέω (hierogluphéō)
- ἱερογλῠφῐκός (hierogluphikós)
- ἱερογλῠφῐστί (hierogluphistí)
Further reading
- “ἱερόγλυφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἱερόγλυφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette