ἴφυον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Furnée connects this word with τίφυον (típhuon, “squill”). Nevertheless, a Pre-Greek word is probable a priori.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ǐː.pʰy.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈi.pʰy.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.ɸy.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.fy.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.fi.on/
Noun
ῑ̓́φῠον • (ī́phuon) n (genitive ῑ̓φύου); second declension
- spike lavender (Lavandula latifolia)
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ῑ̓́φῠον; τοῦ ῑ̓φῠ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ῑ̓́φῠον tò ī́phuon | τὼ ῑ̓φῠ́ω tṑ īphúō | τᾰ̀ ῑ̓́φῠᾰ tà ī́phua | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ῑ̓φῠ́ου toû īphúou | τοῖν ῑ̓φῠ́οιν toîn īphúoin | τῶν ῑ̓φῠ́ων tôn īphúōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ῑ̓φῠ́ῳ tôi īphúōi | τοῖν ῑ̓φῠ́οιν toîn īphúoin | τοῖς ῑ̓φῠ́οις toîs īphúois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ῑ̓́φῠον tò ī́phuon | τὼ ῑ̓φῠ́ω tṑ īphúō | τᾰ̀ ῑ̓́φῠᾰ tà ī́phua | ||||||||||
Vocative | ῑ̓́φῠον ī́phuon | ῑ̓φῠ́ω īphúō | ῑ̓́φῠᾰ ī́phua | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- ἴφυον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἴφυον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN