ἐπιπόρφυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπῐ- (epi-, “on, upon”) +‎ πορφύρα (porphúra, “purple dye”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.pór.pʰy.ros/ → /e.piˈpor.ɸy.ros/ → /e.piˈpor.fi.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.pór.pʰy.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.piˈpor.pʰy.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈpor.ɸy.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈpor.fy.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.piˈpor.fi.ros/

Adjective

ἐπῐπόρφῠρος • (epipórphuros) m or f (neuter ἐπῐπόρφῠρον); second declension

1. with a purple tinge

Declension

Second declension of ἐπῐπόρφῠρος; ἐπῐπόρφῠρον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπῐπόρφῠρος epipórphuros	ἐπῐπόρφῠρον epipórphuron		ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρω epiporphúrō	ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρω epiporphúrō		ἐπῐπόρφῠροι epipórphuroi	ἐπῐπόρφῠρᾰ epipórphura
Genitive		ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρου epiporphúrou	ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρου epiporphúrou		ἐπῐπορφῠ́ροιν epiporphúroin	ἐπῐπορφῠ́ροιν epiporphúroin		ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρων epiporphúrōn	ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρων epiporphúrōn
Dative		ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρῳ epiporphúrōi	ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρῳ epiporphúrōi		ἐπῐπορφῠ́ροιν epiporphúroin	ἐπῐπορφῠ́ροιν epiporphúroin		ἐπῐπορφῠ́ροις epiporphúrois	ἐπῐπορφῠ́ροις epiporphúrois
Accusative		ἐπῐπόρφῠρον epipórphuron	ἐπῐπόρφῠρον epipórphuron		ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρω epiporphúrō	ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρω epiporphúrō		ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρους epiporphúrous	ἐπῐπόρφῠρᾰ epipórphura
Vocative		ἐπῐπόρφῠρε epipórphure	ἐπῐπόρφῠρον epipórphuron		ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρω epiporphúrō	ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρω epiporphúrō		ἐπῐπόρφῠροι epipórphuroi	ἐπῐπόρφῠρᾰ epipórphura
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐπῐπορφῠ́ρως epiporphúrōs			ἐπῐπορφῠρώτερος epiporphurṓteros			ἐπῐπορφῠρώτᾰτος epiporphurṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐπιπορφυρίζω (epiporphurízō)

Further reading

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