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 • (pseudopórphŭron) 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 pseudopórphŭron	τὼ ψευδοπορφῠ́ρω tṑ pseudoporphŭ́rō	τᾰ̀ ψευδοπόρφῠρᾰ tằ pseudopórphŭră
Genitive	τοῦ ψευδοπορφῠ́ρου toû pseudoporphŭ́rou	τοῖν ψευδοπορφῠ́ροιν toîn pseudoporphŭ́roin	τῶν ψευδοπορφῠ́ρων tôn pseudoporphŭ́rōn
Dative	τῷ ψευδοπορφῠ́ρῳ tôi pseudoporphŭ́rōi	τοῖν ψευδοπορφῠ́ροιν toîn pseudoporphŭ́roin	τοῖς ψευδοπορφῠ́ροις toîs pseudoporphŭ́rois
Accusative	τὸ ψευδοπόρφῠρον tò pseudopórphŭron	τὼ ψευδοπορφῠ́ρω tṑ pseudoporphŭ́rō	τᾰ̀ ψευδοπόρφῠρᾰ tằ pseudopórphŭră
Vocative	ψευδοπόρφῠρον pseudopórphŭron	ψευδοπορφῠ́ρω pseudoporphŭ́rō	ψευδοπόρφῠρᾰ pseudopórphŭră
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