Ἶφις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἶφι (îphi, “by force or might”, Epic adverb) + -ις (-is, “feminine nouns suffix”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /îː.pʰis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈi.pʰis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.ɸis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.fis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.fis/
Proper noun
Ἶφῐς • (Îphis) f (genitive Ῑ̓́φῐδος); third declension
Ἶφῐς • (Îphis) m (genitive Ῑ̓́φῐος); third declension
- Iphis
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ Ἶφῐς; τῆς Ῑ̓́φῐδος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Ἶφῐς hē Îphis | τὼ Ῑ̓́φῐδε tṑ Ī́phide | αἱ Ῑ̓́φῐδες hai Ī́phides | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Ῑ̓́φῐδος tês Ī́phidos | τοῖν Ῑ̓φῐ́δοιν toîn Īphídoin | τῶν Ῑ̓φῐ́δων tôn Īphídōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Ῑ̓́φῐδῐ têi Ī́phidi | τοῖν Ῑ̓φῐ́δοιν toîn Īphídoin | ταῖς Ῑ̓́φῐσῐ / Ῑ̓́φῐσῐν taîs Ī́phisi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Ῑ̓́φῐδᾰ tḕn Ī́phida | τὼ Ῑ̓́φῐδε tṑ Ī́phide | τᾱ̀ς Ῑ̓́φῐδᾰς tā̀s Ī́phidas | ||||||||||
Vocative | Ἶφῐς Îphis | Ῑ̓́φῐδε Ī́phide | Ῑ̓́φῐδες Ī́phides | ||||||||||
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Third declension of ὁ Ἶφῐς; τοῦ Ῑ̓́φῐος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ἶφῐς ho Îphis | τὼ Ῑ̓́φῐε tṑ Ī́phie | οἱ Ῑ̓́φῐες hoi Ī́phies | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ῑ̓́φῐος toû Ī́phios | τοῖν Ῑ̓φῐ́οιν toîn Īphíoin | τῶν Ῑ̓φῐ́ων tôn Īphíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ῑ̓́φῑ tôi Ī́phī | τοῖν Ῑ̓φῐ́οιν toîn Īphíoin | τοῖς Ῑ̓́φῐσῐ / Ῑ̓́φῐσῐν toîs Ī́phisi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ἶφῐν tòn Îphin | τὼ Ῑ̓́φῐε tṑ Ī́phie | τοὺς Ῑ̓́φῑς / Ῑ̓́φῐᾰς toùs Ī́phīs / Ī́phias | ||||||||||
Vocative | Ἶφῐ Îphi | Ῑ̓́φῐε Ī́phie | Ῑ̓́φῐες Ī́phies | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Ίφις (Ífis)
- Latin: Īphis
References
- “Ἶφις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014