Ὄσταφος

Ὄσταφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ós.ta.pʰos/ → /ˈos.ta.ɸos/ → /ˈos.ta.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ós.ta.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈos.ta.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈos.ta.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈos.ta.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈos.ta.fos/

Proper noun

Ὄστᾰφος • (Óstaphos) m (genitive Ὀστᾰ́φου); second declension

1. Ostaphus, a city of Thrace mentioned by Ptolemy[1]

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ὄστᾰφος; τοῦ Ὀστᾰ́φου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ὄστᾰφος ho Óstaphos
Genitive	τοῦ Ὀστᾰ́φου toû Ostáphou
Dative	τῷ Ὀστᾰ́φῳ tôi Ostáphōi
Accusative	τὸν Ὄστᾰφον tòn Óstaphon
Vocative	Ὄστᾰφε Óstaphe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Ostaphus

References

1. Geography (Ptolemy), 3.11.11.

• Ὄσταφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette