στριφνός

See also: στρίφνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Reminiscent of στιφρός (stiphrós), στέριφος (stériphos), στρυφνός (struphnós), perhaps a contamination. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter(h₁)- (“to be stiff; be rigid; exert”) and related to Proto-Germanic *stribāną (“to strive”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stri.pʰnós/ → /striˈɸnos/ → /striˈfnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stri.pʰnós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /striˈpʰnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /striˈɸnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /striˈfnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /striˈfnos/

Adjective

στρῐφνός • (strĭphnós) m (feminine στρῐφνή, neuter στρῐφνόν); first/second declension

1. firm, hard, solid, rigid

   Synonym: στερεός (stereós)

Inflection

First and second declension of στρῐφνός; στρῐφνή; στρῐφνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		στρῐφνός strĭphnós	στρῐφνή strĭphnḗ	στρῐφνόν strĭphnón		στρῐφνώ strĭphnṓ	στρῐφνᾱ́ strĭphnā́	στρῐφνώ strĭphnṓ		στρῐφνοί strĭphnoí	στρῐφναί strĭphnaí	στρῐφνᾰ́ strĭphnắ
Genitive		στρῐφνοῦ strĭphnoû	στρῐφνῆς strĭphnês	στρῐφνοῦ strĭphnoû		στρῐφνοῖν strĭphnoîn	στρῐφναῖν strĭphnaîn	στρῐφνοῖν strĭphnoîn		στρῐφνῶν strĭphnôn	στρῐφνῶν strĭphnôn	στρῐφνῶν strĭphnôn
Dative		στρῐφνῷ strĭphnôi	στρῐφνῇ strĭphnêi	στρῐφνῷ strĭphnôi		στρῐφνοῖν strĭphnoîn	στρῐφναῖν strĭphnaîn	στρῐφνοῖν strĭphnoîn		στρῐφνοῖς strĭphnoîs	στρῐφναῖς strĭphnaîs	στρῐφνοῖς strĭphnoîs
Accusative		στρῐφνόν strĭphnón	στρῐφνήν strĭphnḗn	στρῐφνόν strĭphnón		στρῐφνώ strĭphnṓ	στρῐφνᾱ́ strĭphnā́	στρῐφνώ strĭphnṓ		στρῐφνούς strĭphnoús	στρῐφνᾱ́ς strĭphnā́s	στρῐφνᾰ́ strĭphnắ
Vocative		στρῐφνέ strĭphné	στρῐφνή strĭphnḗ	στρῐφνόν strĭphnón		στρῐφνώ strĭphnṓ	στρῐφνᾱ́ strĭphnā́	στρῐφνώ strĭphnṓ		στρῐφνοί strĭphnoí	στρῐφναί strĭphnaí	στρῐφνᾰ́ strĭphnắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		στρῐφνῶς strĭphnôs				στρῐφνότερος strĭphnóteros				στρῐφνότᾰτος strĭphnótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• στρῐ́φνος (strĭ́phnos)
• στρῐφνότης (strĭphnótēs)

Further reading

• “στριφνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• στριφνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN