ἴφιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἶφι (îphi, “by force”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /wǐː.pʰi.os/ → /ˈi.ɸi.os/ → /ˈi.fi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /wǐː.pʰi.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.pʰi.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɸi.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.fi.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.fi.os/

Adjective

ῑ̓́φῐος • (ī́phĭos) m (feminine ῑ̓φίη, neuter ῑ̓́φῐον); first/second declension

1. (Epic) strong, fat, goodly

Usage notes

Used only in the phrase ἴφια μῆλα (íphia mêla, “fat, goodly sheep”).

Declension

First and second declension of ῑ̓́φῐος; ῑ̓φῐ́η; ῑ̓́φῐον (Epic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ῑ̓́φῐος ī́phĭos	ῑ̓φῐ́η īphĭ́ē	ῑ̓́φῐον ī́phĭon		ῑ̓φῐ́ω īphĭ́ō	ῑ̓φῐ́ᾱ īphĭ́ā	ῑ̓φῐ́ω īphĭ́ō		ῑ̓́φῐοι ī́phĭoi	ῑ̓́φῐαι ī́phĭai	ῑ̓́φῐᾰ ī́phĭă
Genitive		ῑ̓φῐ́ου / ῑ̓φῐοῖο / ῑ̓φῐ́οιο / ῑ̓φῐόο / ῑ̓φῐ́οο īphĭ́ou / īphĭoîo / īphĭ́oio / īphĭóo / īphĭ́oo	ῑ̓φῐ́ης īphĭ́ēs	ῑ̓φῐ́ου / ῑ̓φῐοῖο / ῑ̓φῐ́οιο / ῑ̓φῐόο / ῑ̓φῐ́οο īphĭ́ou / īphĭoîo / īphĭ́oio / īphĭóo / īphĭ́oo		ῑ̓φῐ́οιῐν īphĭ́oiĭn	ῑ̓φῐ́αιν / ῑ̓φῐ́αιῐν / ῑ̓φῐ́ῃῐν īphĭ́ai(ĭ)n / īphĭ́ēiĭn	ῑ̓φῐ́οιῐν īphĭ́oiĭn		ῑ̓φῐ́ων īphĭ́ōn	ῑ̓φῐᾱ́ων / ῑ̓φῐέ͜ων / ῑ̓φῐῶν īphĭā́ōn / īphĭé͜ōn / īphĭôn	ῑ̓φῐ́ων īphĭ́ōn
Dative		ῑ̓φῐ́ῳ īphĭ́ōi	ῑ̓φῐ́ῃ īphĭ́ēi	ῑ̓φῐ́ῳ īphĭ́ōi		ῑ̓φῐ́οιῐν īphĭ́oiĭn	ῑ̓φῐ́αιν / ῑ̓φῐ́αιῐν / ῑ̓φῐ́ῃῐν īphĭ́ai(ĭ)n / īphĭ́ēiĭn	ῑ̓φῐ́οιῐν īphĭ́oiĭn		ῑ̓φῐ́οισῐ / ῑ̓φῐ́οισῐν / ῑ̓φῐ́οις īphĭ́oisĭ(n) / īphĭ́ois	ῑ̓φῐ́ῃσῐ / ῑ̓φῐ́ῃσῐν / ῑ̓φῐ́ῃς / ῑ̓φῐ́αις īphĭ́ēisĭ(n) / īphĭ́ēis / īphĭ́ais	ῑ̓φῐ́οισῐ / ῑ̓φῐ́οισῐν / ῑ̓φῐ́οις īphĭ́oisĭ(n) / īphĭ́ois
Accusative		ῑ̓́φῐον ī́phĭon	ῑ̓φῐ́ην īphĭ́ēn	ῑ̓́φῐον ī́phĭon		ῑ̓φῐ́ω īphĭ́ō	ῑ̓φῐ́ᾱ īphĭ́ā	ῑ̓φῐ́ω īphĭ́ō		ῑ̓φῐ́ους īphĭ́ous	ῑ̓φῐ́ᾱς īphĭ́ās	ῑ̓́φῐᾰ ī́phĭă
Vocative		ῑ̓́φῐε ī́phĭe	ῑ̓φῐ́η īphĭ́ē	ῑ̓́φῐον ī́phĭon		ῑ̓φῐ́ω īphĭ́ō	ῑ̓φῐ́ᾱ īphĭ́ā	ῑ̓φῐ́ω īphĭ́ō		ῑ̓́φῐοι ī́phĭoi	ῑ̓́φῐαι ī́phĭai	ῑ̓́φῐᾰ ī́phĭă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ῑ̓φῐ́ως īphĭ́ōs				ῑ̓φῐώτερος īphĭṓteros				ῑ̓φῐώτᾰτος īphĭṓtătos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “ἴφιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἴφιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἴφιος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἴφιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press