εὐφροσύνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὔφρων (eúphrōn, “merry”) +‎ -σύνη (-súnē, “-ness”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.pʰro.sý.nɛː/ → /eɸ.ɸroˈsy.ni/ → /ef.froˈsi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.pʰro.sý.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ew.pʰroˈsy.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɸ.ɸroˈsy.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ef.froˈsy.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ef.froˈsi.ni/

Noun

εὐφροσῠ́νη • (euphrosŭ́nē) f (genitive εὐφροσῠ́νης); first declension

1. mirth, merriment

Inflection

First declension of ἡ εὐφροσῠ́νη; τῆς εὐφροσῠ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ εὐφροσῠ́νη hē euphrosŭ́nē	τὼ εὐφροσῠ́νᾱ tṑ euphrosŭ́nā	αἱ εὐφροσῠ́ναι hai euphrosŭ́nai
Genitive	τῆς εὐφροσῠ́νης tês euphrosŭ́nēs	τοῖν εὐφροσῠ́ναιν toîn euphrosŭ́nain	τῶν εὐφροσῠνῶν tôn euphrosŭnôn
Dative	τῇ εὐφροσῠ́νῃ têi euphrosŭ́nēi	τοῖν εὐφροσῠ́ναιν toîn euphrosŭ́nain	ταῖς εὐφροσῠ́ναις taîs euphrosŭ́nais
Accusative	τὴν εὐφροσῠ́νην tḕn euphrosŭ́nēn	τὼ εὐφροσῠ́νᾱ tṑ euphrosŭ́nā	τᾱ̀ς εὐφροσῠ́νᾱς tā̀s euphrosŭ́nās
Vocative	εὐφροσῠ́νη euphrosŭ́nē	εὐφροσῠ́νᾱ euphrosŭ́nā	εὐφροσῠ́ναι euphrosŭ́nai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “εὐφροσύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press