ἐρίφιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔριφος (ériphos, “young goat, kid”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.rí.pʰi.on/ → /eˈri.ɸi.on/ → /eˈri.fi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.rí.pʰi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈri.pʰi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈri.ɸi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈri.fi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈri.fi.on/

Noun

ἐρίφῐον • (eríphĭon) n (genitive ἐρῐφῐ́ου); second declension

1. dewberry (Rubus caesius)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἐρῐ́φῐον; τοῦ ἐρῐφῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐρῐ́φῐον tò erĭ́phĭon	τὼ ἐρῐφῐ́ω tṑ erĭphĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ἐρῐ́φῐᾰ tằ erĭ́phĭă
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρῐφῐ́ου toû erĭphĭ́ou	τοῖν ἐρῐφῐ́οιν toîn erĭphĭ́oin	τῶν ἐρῐφῐ́ων tôn erĭphĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ἐρῐφῐ́ῳ tôi erĭphĭ́ōi	τοῖν ἐρῐφῐ́οιν toîn erĭphĭ́oin	τοῖς ἐρῐφῐ́οις toîs erĭphĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ἐρῐ́φῐον tò erĭ́phĭon	τὼ ἐρῐφῐ́ω tṑ erĭphĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ἐρῐ́φῐᾰ tằ erĭ́phĭă
Vocative	ἐρῐ́φῐον erĭ́phĭon	ἐρῐφῐ́ω erĭphĭ́ō	ἐρῐ́φῐᾰ erĭ́phĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐρίφιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐρίφιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐρίφιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette