γλυφίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γλῠ́φω (glŭ́phō, “to carve, engrave”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡly.pʰís/ → /ɣlyˈɸis/ → /ɣliˈfis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡly.pʰís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡlyˈpʰis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣlyˈɸis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣlyˈfis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣliˈfis/

Noun

γλῠφῐ́ς • (glŭphĭ́s) f (genitive γλῠφῐ́δος); third declension

1. notched end of the arrow
2. (poetic) the arrow itself
3. (in the plural) notches in the arrowhead
4. penknife
5. chisel
6. (architecture) capitals of columns

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ γλῠφῐ́ς; τῆς γλῠφῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γλῠφῐ́ς hē glŭphĭ́s	τὼ γλῠφῐ́δε tṑ glŭphĭ́de	αἱ γλῠφῐ́δες hai glŭphĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς γλῠφῐ́δος tês glŭphĭ́dos	τοῖν γλῠφῐ́δοιν toîn glŭphĭ́doin	τῶν γλῠφῐ́δων tôn glŭphĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ γλῠφῐ́δῐ têi glŭphĭ́dĭ	τοῖν γλῠφῐ́δοιν toîn glŭphĭ́doin	ταῖς γλῠφῐ́σῐ / γλῠφῐ́σῐν taîs glŭphĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν γλῠφῐ́δᾰ tḕn glŭphĭ́dă	τὼ γλῠφῐ́δε tṑ glŭphĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς γλῠφῐ́δᾰς tā̀s glŭphĭ́dăs
Vocative	γλῠφῐ́ς glŭphĭ́s	γλῠφῐ́δε glŭphĭ́de	γλῠφῐ́δες glŭphĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Translingual: Glyphis, Cataglyphis, Euglyphis, Peraglyphis, Phaenoglyphis, Sarcoglyphis

Further reading

• “γλυφίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γλυφίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “γλυφίς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• γλυφίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γλυφίς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• γλυφίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)