αἱμοφόβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αἱμο- (haimo-, “blood”) +‎ φοβέω (phobéō, “to fear”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hai̯.mo.pʰó.bos/ → /ɛ.moˈɸo.βos/ → /e.moˈfo.vos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hai̯.mo.pʰó.bos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ɛ.moˈpʰo.bos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛ.moˈɸo.βos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.moˈfo.vos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.moˈfo.vos/

Adjective

αἱμοφόβος • (haimophóbos) m or f (neuter αἱμοφόβον); second declension (Koine)

1. (Koine) blood-fearing, afraid of bleeding

Inflection

Second declension of αἱμοφόβος; αἱμοφόβον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		αἱμοφόβος haimophóbos	αἱμοφόβον haimophóbon		αἱμοφόβω haimophóbō	αἱμοφόβω haimophóbō		αἱμοφόβοι haimophóboi	αἱμοφόβᾰ haimophóba
Genitive		αἱμοφόβου haimophóbou	αἱμοφόβου haimophóbou		αἱμοφόβοιν haimophóboin	αἱμοφόβοιν haimophóboin		αἱμοφόβων haimophóbōn	αἱμοφόβων haimophóbōn
Dative		αἱμοφόβῳ haimophóbōi	αἱμοφόβῳ haimophóbōi		αἱμοφόβοιν haimophóboin	αἱμοφόβοιν haimophóboin		αἱμοφόβοις haimophóbois	αἱμοφόβοις haimophóbois
Accusative		αἱμοφόβον haimophóbon	αἱμοφόβον haimophóbon		αἱμοφόβω haimophóbō	αἱμοφόβω haimophóbō		αἱμοφόβους haimophóbous	αἱμοφόβᾰ haimophóba
Vocative		αἱμοφόβε haimophóbe	αἱμοφόβον haimophóbon		αἱμοφόβω haimophóbō	αἱμοφόβω haimophóbō		αἱμοφόβοι haimophóboi	αἱμοφόβᾰ haimophóba
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		αἱμοφόβως haimophóbōs			αἱμοφοβώτερος haimophobṓteros			αἱμοφοβώτᾰτος haimophobṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: haemophobus

Further reading

• “αἱμοφόβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• αἱμοφόβος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αἱμοφόβος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)