πορφυρίων

See also: Πορφυρίων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πορφύρα (porphúra, “purple dye”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /por.pʰy.rí.ɔːn/ → /por.ɸyˈri.on/ → /por.fiˈri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /por.pʰy.rí.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /por.pʰyˈri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /por.ɸyˈri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /por.fyˈri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /por.fiˈri.on/

Noun

πορφῠρῐ́ων • (porphŭrĭ́ōn) m (genitive πορφῠρῐ́ονος); third declension

1. purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
2. kind of octopus
3. kind of fish

Declension

Third declension of ὁ πορφῠρῐ́ων; τοῦ πορφῠρῐ́ονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πορφῠρῐ́ων ho porphŭrĭ́ōn	τὼ πορφῠρῐ́ονε tṑ porphŭrĭ́one	οἱ πορφῠρῐ́ονες hoi porphŭrĭ́ones
Genitive	τοῦ πορφῠρῐ́ονος toû porphŭrĭ́onos	τοῖν πορφῠρῐόνοιν toîn porphŭrĭónoin	τῶν πορφῠρῐόνων tôn porphŭrĭónōn
Dative	τῷ πορφῠρῐ́ονῐ tôi porphŭrĭ́onĭ	τοῖν πορφῠρῐόνοιν toîn porphŭrĭónoin	τοῖς πορφῠρῐ́οσῐ / πορφῠρῐ́οσῐν toîs porphŭrĭ́osĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν πορφῠρῐ́ονᾰ tòn porphŭrĭ́onă	τὼ πορφῠρῐ́ονε tṑ porphŭrĭ́one	τοὺς πορφῠρῐ́ονᾰς toùs porphŭrĭ́onăs
Vocative	πορφῠρῐ́ον porphŭrĭ́on	πορφῠρῐ́ονε porphŭrĭ́one	πορφῠρῐ́ονες porphŭrĭ́ones
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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