ψευδοπόρφυρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false”) +‎ πορφύρα (porphúra, “purple dye”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pseu̯.do.pór.pʰy.ron/ → /pseβ.ðoˈpor.ɸy.ron/ → /psev.ðoˈpor.fi.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pseu̯.do.pór.pʰy.ron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psew.doˈpor.pʰy.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pseβ.ðoˈpor.ɸy.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psev.ðoˈpor.fy.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psev.ðoˈpor.fi.ron/

Noun

ψευδοπόρφῠρον • (pseudopórphuron) n (genitive ψευδοπορφῠ́ρου); second declension

1. sham purple garment

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ψευδοπόρφῠρον; τοῦ ψευδοπορφῠ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ψευδοπόρφῠρον tò pseudopórphuron	τὼ ψευδοπορφῠ́ρω tṑ pseudoporphúrō	τᾰ̀ ψευδοπόρφῠρᾰ tà pseudopórphura
Genitive	τοῦ ψευδοπορφῠ́ρου toû pseudoporphúrou	τοῖν ψευδοπορφῠ́ροιν toîn pseudoporphúroin	τῶν ψευδοπορφῠ́ρων tôn pseudoporphúrōn
Dative	τῷ ψευδοπορφῠ́ρῳ tôi pseudoporphúrōi	τοῖν ψευδοπορφῠ́ροιν toîn pseudoporphúroin	τοῖς ψευδοπορφῠ́ροις toîs pseudoporphúrois
Accusative	τὸ ψευδοπόρφῠρον tò pseudopórphuron	τὼ ψευδοπορφῠ́ρω tṑ pseudoporphúrō	τᾰ̀ ψευδοπόρφῠρᾰ tà pseudopórphura
Vocative	ψευδοπόρφῠρον pseudopórphuron	ψευδοπορφῠ́ρω pseudoporphúrō	ψευδοπόρφῠρᾰ pseudopórphura
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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