ὀρφνός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὄρφνη (órphnē, “darkness”) + -ός (-ós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /or.pʰnós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /orˈpʰnos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /orˈɸnos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /orˈfnos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /orˈfnos/
Adjective
ὀρφνός • (orphnós) m (feminine ὀρφνή, neuter ὀρφνόν); first/second declension
- dark, dusky
- Synonym: σκοτεινός (skoteinós)
Inflection
First and second declension of ὀρφνός; ὀρφνή; ὀρφνόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ὀρφνός orphnós | ὀρφνή orphnḗ | ὀρφνόν orphnón | ὀρφνώ orphnṓ | ὀρφνᾱ́ orphnā́ | ὀρφνώ orphnṓ | ὀρφνοί orphnoí | ὀρφναί orphnaí | ὀρφνᾰ́ orphná | |||||
Genitive | ὀρφνοῦ orphnoû | ὀρφνῆς orphnês | ὀρφνοῦ orphnoû | ὀρφνοῖν orphnoîn | ὀρφναῖν orphnaîn | ὀρφνοῖν orphnoîn | ὀρφνῶν orphnôn | ὀρφνῶν orphnôn | ὀρφνῶν orphnôn | |||||
Dative | ὀρφνῷ orphnôi | ὀρφνῇ orphnêi | ὀρφνῷ orphnôi | ὀρφνοῖν orphnoîn | ὀρφναῖν orphnaîn | ὀρφνοῖν orphnoîn | ὀρφνοῖς orphnoîs | ὀρφναῖς orphnaîs | ὀρφνοῖς orphnoîs | |||||
Accusative | ὀρφνόν orphnón | ὀρφνήν orphnḗn | ὀρφνόν orphnón | ὀρφνώ orphnṓ | ὀρφνᾱ́ orphnā́ | ὀρφνώ orphnṓ | ὀρφνούς orphnoús | ὀρφνᾱ́ς orphnā́s | ὀρφνᾰ́ orphná | |||||
Vocative | ὀρφνέ orphné | ὀρφνή orphnḗ | ὀρφνόν orphnón | ὀρφνώ orphnṓ | ὀρφνᾱ́ orphnā́ | ὀρφνώ orphnṓ | ὀρφνοί orphnoí | ὀρφναί orphnaí | ὀρφνᾰ́ orphná | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ὀρφνῶς orphnôs | ὀρφνότερος orphnóteros | ὀρφνότᾰτος orphnótatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- ὀρφνός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀρφνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette