ἀριφραδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀρι- (ari-) +‎ φραδής (phradḗs, “understanding, wise, shrewd”), from the root of φράζω (phrázō)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ri.pʰra.dɛ̌ːs/ → /a.ri.ɸraˈðis/ → /a.ri.fraˈðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ri.pʰra.dɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.ri.pʰraˈde̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ri.ɸraˈðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ri.fraˈðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ri.fraˈðis/

Adjective

ἀρῐφρᾰδής • (ariphradḗs) m or f (neuter ἀρῐφρᾰδές); third declension (chiefly Epic)

1. easy to be known, very distinct, manifest, plain
2. very thoughtful, wise

Declension

Third declension of ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδής; ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδές (uncontracted, Epic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδής ariphradḗs	ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδές ariphradés		ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδεῖ / ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδέε ariphradeî / ariphradée	ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδεῖ / ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδέε ariphradeî / ariphradée		ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδεῖς / ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδέες ariphradeîs / ariphradées	ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδέᾰ ariphradéa
Genitive		ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδέος / ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδεῦς ariphradéos / ariphradeûs	ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδέος / ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδεῦς ariphradéos / ariphradeûs		ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδοῖν ariphradoîn	ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδοῖν ariphradoîn		ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδέων ariphradéōn	ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδέων ariphradéōn
Dative		ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδεῖ / ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδέῐ̈ ariphradeî / ariphradéï	ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδεῖ / ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδέῐ̈ ariphradeî / ariphradéï		ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδοῖν ariphradoîn	ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδοῖν ariphradoîn		ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδέσῐ / ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδέσῐν ariphradési(n)	ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδέσῐ / ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδέσῐν ariphradési(n)
Accusative		ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδέᾰ ariphradéa	ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδές ariphradés		ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδεῖ / ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδέε ariphradeî / ariphradée	ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδεῖ / ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδέε ariphradeî / ariphradée		ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδέᾰς ariphradéas	ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδέᾰ ariphradéa
Vocative		ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδές ariphradés	ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδές ariphradés		ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδεῖ / ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδέε ariphradeî / ariphradée	ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδεῖ / ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδέε ariphradeî / ariphradée		ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδεῖς / ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδέες ariphradeîs / ariphradées	ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδέᾰ ariphradéa
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδέως ariphradéōs			ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδέστερος ariphradésteros			ἀ̆ρῐφρᾰδέστᾰτος ariphradéstatos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “ἀριφραδής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀριφραδής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀριφραδής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀριφραδής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀριφραδής”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἀριφραδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press