τίφυον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The connection with ἴφυον (íphuon, “spike lavender”) shows a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tí.pʰy.on/ → /ˈti.ɸy.on/ → /ˈti.fi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tí.pʰy.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈti.pʰy.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ɸy.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈti.fy.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈti.fi.on/

Noun

τίφῠον • (típhŭon) n (genitive τιφύου); second declension

1. autumn squill (Prospero autumnale)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ τίφῠον; τοῦ τιφῠ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τίφῠον tò típhŭon	τὼ τιφῠ́ω tṑ tiphŭ́ō	τᾰ̀ τίφῠᾰ tằ típhŭă
Genitive	τοῦ τιφῠ́ου toû tiphŭ́ou	τοῖν τιφῠ́οιν toîn tiphŭ́oin	τῶν τιφῠ́ων tôn tiphŭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ τιφῠ́ῳ tôi tiphŭ́ōi	τοῖν τιφῠ́οιν toîn tiphŭ́oin	τοῖς τιφῠ́οις toîs tiphŭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ τίφῠον tò típhŭon	τὼ τιφῠ́ω tṑ tiphŭ́ō	τᾰ̀ τίφῠᾰ tằ típhŭă
Vocative	τίφῠον típhŭon	τιφῠ́ω tiphŭ́ō	τίφῠᾰ típhŭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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