ταπεινοφροσύνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τᾰπεινόφρων (tăpeinóphrōn, “humble; mean-spirited”) +‎ -σύνη (-súnē, “-ness”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ta.peː.no.pʰro.sý.nɛː/ → /ta.pi.no.ɸroˈsy.ni/ → /ta.pi.no.froˈsi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ta.peː.no.pʰro.sý.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ta.pi.no.pʰroˈsy.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ta.pi.no.ɸroˈsy.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ta.pi.no.froˈsy.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ta.pi.no.froˈsi.ni/

Noun

τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νη • (tăpeinophrosŭ́nē) f (genitive τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νης); first declension

1. (in good sense) humility, humbleness
2. (in bad sense) meanspiritedness

Inflection

First declension of ἡ τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νη; τῆς τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νη hē tăpeinophrosŭ́nē	τὼ τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νᾱ tṑ tăpeinophrosŭ́nā	αἱ τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́ναι hai tăpeinophrosŭ́nai
Genitive	τῆς τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νης tês tăpeinophrosŭ́nēs	τοῖν τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́ναιν toîn tăpeinophrosŭ́nain	τῶν τᾰπεινοφροσῠνῶν tôn tăpeinophrosŭnôn
Dative	τῇ τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νῃ têi tăpeinophrosŭ́nēi	τοῖν τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́ναιν toîn tăpeinophrosŭ́nain	ταῖς τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́ναις taîs tăpeinophrosŭ́nais
Accusative	τὴν τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νην tḕn tăpeinophrosŭ́nēn	τὼ τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νᾱ tṑ tăpeinophrosŭ́nā	τᾱ̀ς τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νᾱς tā̀s tăpeinophrosŭ́nās
Vocative	τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νη tăpeinophrosŭ́nē	τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νᾱ tăpeinophrosŭ́nā	τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́ναι tăpeinophrosŭ́nai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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