ὁλοπόρφυρος
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) + πορφύρα (porphúra, “purple dye”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ho.lo.pór.pʰy.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)o.loˈpor.pʰy.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /o.loˈpor.ɸy.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /o.loˈpor.fy.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /o.loˈpor.fi.ros/
Adjective
[edit]ὁλοπόρφῠρος • (holopórphuros) m or f (neuter ὁλοπόρφῠρον); second declension
- all purple
Declension
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ὁλοπόρφῠρος holopórphuros |
ὁλοπόρφῠρον holopórphuron |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ρω holoporphúrō |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ρω holoporphúrō |
ὁλοπόρφῠροι holopórphuroi |
ὁλοπόρφῠρᾰ holopórphura | ||||||||
Genitive | ὁλοπορφῠ́ρου holoporphúrou |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ρου holoporphúrou |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ροιν holoporphúroin |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ροιν holoporphúroin |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ρων holoporphúrōn |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ρων holoporphúrōn | ||||||||
Dative | ὁλοπορφῠ́ρῳ holoporphúrōi |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ρῳ holoporphúrōi |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ροιν holoporphúroin |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ροιν holoporphúroin |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ροις holoporphúrois |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ροις holoporphúrois | ||||||||
Accusative | ὁλοπόρφῠρον holopórphuron |
ὁλοπόρφῠρον holopórphuron |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ρω holoporphúrō |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ρω holoporphúrō |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ρους holoporphúrous |
ὁλοπόρφῠρᾰ holopórphura | ||||||||
Vocative | ὁλοπόρφῠρε holopórphure |
ὁλοπόρφῠρον holopórphuron |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ρω holoporphúrō |
ὁλοπορφῠ́ρω holoporphúrō |
ὁλοπόρφῠροι holopórphuroi |
ὁλοπόρφῠρᾰ holopórphura | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ὁλοπορφῠ́ρως holoporphúrōs |
ὁλοπορφῠρώτερος holoporphurṓteros |
ὁλοπορφῠρώτᾰτος holoporphurṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- “ὁλοπόρφυρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὁλοπόρφυρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette