διφυής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δι- (di-) +‎ φυή (phuḗ) +‎ -ής (-ḗs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.pʰy.ɛ̌ːs/ → /ði.ɸyˈis/ → /ði.fiˈis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.pʰy.ɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.pʰyˈe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.ɸyˈis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.fyˈis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.fiˈis/

Adjective

δῐφῠής • (diphuḗs) m or f (neuter δῐφῠές); third declension

1. of double form, dual-natured

Declension

Third declension of δῐφῠής; δῐφῠές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δῐφῠής diphuḗs	δῐφῠές diphués		δῐφῠεῖ diphueî	δῐφῠεῖ diphueî		δῐφῠεῖς diphueîs	δῐφῠῆ diphuê
Genitive		δῐφῠοῦς diphuoûs	δῐφῠοῦς diphuoûs		δῐφῠοῖν diphuoîn	δῐφῠοῖν diphuoîn		δῐφῠῶν diphuôn	δῐφῠῶν diphuôn
Dative		δῐφῠεῖ diphueî	δῐφῠεῖ diphueî		δῐφῠοῖν diphuoîn	δῐφῠοῖν diphuoîn		δῐφῠέσῐ / δῐφῠέσῐν diphuési(n)	δῐφῠέσῐ / δῐφῠέσῐν diphuési(n)
Accusative		δῐφῠῆ diphuê	δῐφῠές diphués		δῐφῠεῖ diphueî	δῐφῠεῖ diphueî		δῐφῠεῖς diphueîs	δῐφῠῆ diphuê
Vocative		δῐφῠές diphués	δῐφῠές diphués		δῐφῠεῖ diphueî	δῐφῠεῖ diphueî		δῐφῠεῖς diphueîs	δῐφῠῆ diphuê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		δῐφῠῶς diphuôs			δῐφῠέστερος diphuésteros			δῐφῠέστᾰτος diphuéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δίφυιος (díphuios)

Descendants

• → English: diphy-
• → Latin: diphyes

Further reading

• διφυής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• διφυής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “διφυής”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “διφυής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press