Ἐριφύλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐρῐ- (eri-, “very”) +‎ φῡλή (phūlḗ, “race, tribe”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.ri.pʰy̌ː.lɛː/ → /e.riˈɸy.li/ → /e.riˈfi.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ri.pʰy̌ː.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.riˈpʰy.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.riˈɸy.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.riˈfy.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.riˈfi.li/

Proper noun

Ἐρῐφῡ́λη • (Eriphū́lē) f (genitive Ἐρῐφῡ́λης); first declension

1. a female given name: Eriphyle

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἐρῐφῡ́λη; τῆς Ἐρῐφῡ́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἐρῐφῡ́λη hē Eriphū́lē
Genitive	τῆς Ἐρῐφῡ́λης tês Eriphū́lēs
Dative	τῇ Ἐρῐφῡ́λῃ têi Eriphū́lēi
Accusative	τὴν Ἐρῐφῡ́λην tḕn Eriphū́lēn
Vocative	Ἐρῐφῡ́λη Eriphū́lē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Εριφύλη (Erifýli)
• Latin: Eriphȳlē

References

• “Ἐριφύλη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010