παράφερνα
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From παρα- (para-, “beside”) + φερνή (phernḗ, “a dowry”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pa.rá.pʰer.na/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /paˈra.pʰer.na/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /paˈra.ɸer.na/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /paˈra.fer.na/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /paˈra.fer.na/
Noun
[edit]πᾰράφερνᾰ • (parápherna) n pl (genitive πᾰρᾰφέρνων); second declension
- the goods which a bride brings over and above her dowry
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | τᾰ̀ πᾰρᾰ́φερνᾰ tà parápherna | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῶν πᾰρᾰφέρνων tôn paraphérnōn | ||||||||||||
Dative | τοῖς πᾰρᾰφέρνοις toîs paraphérnois | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τᾰ̀ πᾰρᾰ́φερνᾰ tà parápherna | ||||||||||||
Vocative | πᾰρᾰ́φερνᾰ parápherna | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- “παράφερνα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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