διοτρεφής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ζεύς (Zeús, “Zeus”) +‎ τρέφω (tréphō, “to nourish”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.o.tre.pʰɛ̌ːs/ → /ði.o.treˈɸis/ → /ði.o.treˈfis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.o.tre.pʰɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.o.treˈpʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.o.treˈɸis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.o.treˈfis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.o.treˈfis/

Adjective

δῐοτρεφής • (diotrephḗs) m or f (neuter δῐοτρεφές); third declension (Epic)

1. nourished by Zeus

Declension

Third declension of δῐοτρεφής; δῐοτρεφές (uncontracted, Epic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δῐοτρεφής diotrephḗs	δῐοτρεφές diotrephés		δῐοτρεφεῖ / δῐοτρεφέε diotrepheî / diotrephée	δῐοτρεφεῖ / δῐοτρεφέε diotrepheî / diotrephée		δῐοτρεφεῖς / δῐοτρεφέες diotrepheîs / diotrephées	δῐοτρεφέᾰ diotrephéa
Genitive		δῐοτρεφέος / δῐοτρεφεῦς diotrephéos / diotrepheûs	δῐοτρεφέος / δῐοτρεφεῦς diotrephéos / diotrepheûs		δῐοτρεφοῖν diotrephoîn	δῐοτρεφοῖν diotrephoîn		δῐοτρεφέων diotrephéōn	δῐοτρεφέων diotrephéōn
Dative		δῐοτρεφεῖ / δῐοτρεφέῐ̈ diotrepheî / diotrephéï	δῐοτρεφεῖ / δῐοτρεφέῐ̈ diotrepheî / diotrephéï		δῐοτρεφοῖν diotrephoîn	δῐοτρεφοῖν diotrephoîn		δῐοτρεφέσῐ / δῐοτρεφέσῐν diotrephési(n)	δῐοτρεφέσῐ / δῐοτρεφέσῐν diotrephési(n)
Accusative		δῐοτρεφέᾰ diotrephéa	δῐοτρεφές diotrephés		δῐοτρεφεῖ / δῐοτρεφέε diotrepheî / diotrephée	δῐοτρεφεῖ / δῐοτρεφέε diotrepheî / diotrephée		δῐοτρεφέᾰς diotrephéas	δῐοτρεφέᾰ diotrephéa
Vocative		δῐοτρεφές diotrephés	δῐοτρεφές diotrephés		δῐοτρεφεῖ / δῐοτρεφέε diotrepheî / diotrephée	δῐοτρεφεῖ / δῐοτρεφέε diotrepheî / diotrephée		δῐοτρεφεῖς / δῐοτρεφέες diotrepheîs / diotrephées	δῐοτρεφέᾰ diotrephéa
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		δῐοτρεφέως diotrephéōs			δῐοτρεφέστερος diotrephésteros			δῐοτρεφέστᾰτος diotrephéstatos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “διοτρεφής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• διοτρεφής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963