μομφή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέμφομαι (mémphomai, “to blame, censure”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mom.pʰɛ̌ː/ → /momˈɸi/ → /momˈfi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mom.pʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /momˈpʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /momˈɸi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /momˈfi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /momˈfi/

Noun

μομφή • (momphḗ) f (genitive μομφῆς); first declension

1. (poetic) blame, reproof, cause of complaint

   Synonyms: μέμψῐς (mémpsis), ὄνειδος (óneidos), ψόγος (psógos)

Declension

First declension of ἡ μομφή; τῆς μομφῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μομφή hē momphḗ	τὼ μομφᾱ́ tṑ momphā́	αἱ μομφαί hai momphaí
Genitive	τῆς μομφῆς tês momphês	τοῖν μομφαῖν toîn momphaîn	τῶν μομφῶν tôn momphôn
Dative	τῇ μομφῇ têi momphêi	τοῖν μομφαῖν toîn momphaîn	ταῖς μομφαῖς taîs momphaîs
Accusative	τὴν μομφήν tḕn momphḗn	τὼ μομφᾱ́ tṑ momphā́	τᾱ̀ς μομφᾱ́ς tā̀s momphā́s
Vocative	μομφή momphḗ	μομφᾱ́ momphā́	μομφαί momphaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Mompha

Further reading

• “μομφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μομφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette