ὑόφθαλμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὗς (hûs, “swine”) +‎ ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.ópʰ.tʰal.mos/ → /yˈoɸ.θal.mos/ → /iˈof.θal.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.ópʰ.tʰal.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈopʰ.tʰal.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈoɸ.θal.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈof.θal.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈof.θal.mos/

Noun

ὑόφθᾰλμος • (huóphthălmos) m (genitive ὑοφθᾰ́λμου); second declension

1. Italian aster (Aster amellus)

   Synonyms: ἀστέρῐον (astérĭon), ἀστερῐ́σκος (asterĭ́skos)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ὑόφθᾰλμος; τοῦ ὑοφθᾰ́λμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὑόφθᾰλμος ho huóphthălmos	τὼ ὑοφθᾰ́λμω tṑ huophthắlmō	οἱ ὑόφθᾰλμοι hoi huóphthălmoi
Genitive	τοῦ ὑοφθᾰ́λμου toû huophthắlmou	τοῖν ὑοφθᾰ́λμοιν toîn huophthắlmoin	τῶν ὑοφθᾰ́λμων tôn huophthắlmōn
Dative	τῷ ὑοφθᾰ́λμῳ tôi huophthắlmōi	τοῖν ὑοφθᾰ́λμοιν toîn huophthắlmoin	τοῖς ὑοφθᾰ́λμοις toîs huophthắlmois
Accusative	τὸν ὑόφθᾰλμον tòn huóphthălmon	τὼ ὑοφθᾰ́λμω tṑ huophthắlmō	τοὺς ὑοφθᾰ́λμους toùs huophthắlmous
Vocative	ὑόφθᾰλμε huóphthălme	ὑοφθᾰ́λμω huophthắlmō	ὑόφθᾰλμοι huóphthălmoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὑόφθαλμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὑόφθαλμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette