Κύφος

See also: κυφός and κῦφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ký.pʰos/ → /ˈcy.ɸos/ → /ˈci.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ký.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.fos/

Proper noun

Κύφος • (Kúphos) f (genitive Κύφου); second declension

1. Cyphus, Perrhaebia, Greece

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Κῠ́φος; τῆς Κῠ́φου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κῠ́φος hē Kúphos
Genitive	τῆς Κῠ́φου tês Kúphou
Dative	τῇ Κῠ́φῳ têi Kúphōi
Accusative	τὴν Κῠ́φον tḕn Kúphon
Vocative	Κῠ́φε Kúphe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: Cyphus

References

• “Κύφος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Κύφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette