νυμφόληπτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νύμφη (númphē, “nymph”) +‎ ληπτός (lēptós, “taken”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nym.pʰó.lɛːp.tos/ → /nymˈɸo.lip.tos/ → /nimˈfo.lip.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nym.pʰó.lɛːp.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /nymˈpʰo.le̝p.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /nymˈɸo.lip.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /nymˈfo.lip.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /nimˈfo.lip.tos/

Adjective

νῠμφόληπτος • (numphólēptos) m or f (neuter νῠμφόληπτον); second declension

1. taken by nymphs
2. rapt, entranced, enraptured, frenzied

Inflection

Second declension of νῠμφόληπτος; νῠμφόληπτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		νῠμφόληπτος numphólēptos	νῠμφόληπτον numphólēpton		νῠμφολήπτω numpholḗptō	νῠμφολήπτω numpholḗptō		νῠμφόληπτοι numphólēptoi	νῠμφόληπτᾰ numphólēpta
Genitive		νῠμφολήπτου numpholḗptou	νῠμφολήπτου numpholḗptou		νῠμφολήπτοιν numpholḗptoin	νῠμφολήπτοιν numpholḗptoin		νῠμφολήπτων numpholḗptōn	νῠμφολήπτων numpholḗptōn
Dative		νῠμφολήπτῳ numpholḗptōi	νῠμφολήπτῳ numpholḗptōi		νῠμφολήπτοιν numpholḗptoin	νῠμφολήπτοιν numpholḗptoin		νῠμφολήπτοις numpholḗptois	νῠμφολήπτοις numpholḗptois
Accusative		νῠμφόληπτον numphólēpton	νῠμφόληπτον numphólēpton		νῠμφολήπτω numpholḗptō	νῠμφολήπτω numpholḗptō		νῠμφολήπτους numpholḗptous	νῠμφόληπτᾰ numphólēpta
Vocative		νῠμφόληπτε numphólēpte	νῠμφόληπτον numphólēpton		νῠμφολήπτω numpholḗptō	νῠμφολήπτω numpholḗptō		νῠμφόληπτοι numphólēptoi	νῠμφόληπτᾰ numphólēpta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		νῠμφολήπτως numpholḗptōs			νῠμφοληπτότερος numpholēptóteros			νῠμφοληπτότᾰτος numpholēptótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “νυμφόληπτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νυμφόληπτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• νυμφόληπτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette