ὑφέν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Univerbation of ὑφ' ἕν (huph' hén), from ῠ̔πο- (hupo-, “by, under”) +‎ ἕν (hén, “one”), neuter of εἷς (heîs, “one”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pʰén/ → /yˈɸen/ → /iˈfen/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pʰén/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈpʰen/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈɸen/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈfen/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈfen/

Adverb

ὑφέν • (huphén)

1. in one word, in a single word

Noun

ὑφέν • (huphén) f (indeclinable)

1. hyphen
   • 170 BCE – 90 BCE, Dionysius Thrax, Supp. 674.4

Usage notes

• The Ancient Greek hyphen resembles a breve (˘), and is written under a compound word, rather than between its elements; it is a different symbol entirely from the Latin - (strictly, ‐).

Declension

Declension of ἡ ῠ̔φέν; τῆς ῠ̔φέν (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῠ̔φέν hē huphén	τὼ ῠ̔φέν tṑ huphén	αἱ ῠ̔φέν hai huphén
Genitive	τῆς ῠ̔φέν tês huphén	τοῖν ῠ̔φέν toîn huphén	τῶν ῠ̔φέν tôn huphén
Dative	τῇ ῠ̔φέν têi huphén	τοῖν ῠ̔φέν toîn huphén	ταῖς ῠ̔φέν taîs huphén
Accusative	τὴν ῠ̔φέν tḕn huphén	τὼ ῠ̔φέν tṑ huphén	τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔φέν tā̀s huphén
Vocative	ῠ̔φέν huphén	ῠ̔φέν huphén	ῠ̔φέν huphén
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ὑφέν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὑφέν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Diomedes, Ars Grammatica, 4th century CE. Ed. H. Keil, Grammatici Latini, p. 434.