ἀγάννιφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀγα- (aga-) +‎ νίφω (níphō, “to snow”) +‎ -ος (-os, adjective forming suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡán.ni.pʰos/ → /aˈɣan.ni.ɸos/ → /aˈɣa.ni.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ɡán.ni.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈɡan.ni.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈɣan.ni.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈɣan.ni.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈɣa.ni.fos/

Adjective

ἀγάννιφος • (agánniphos) m or f (neuter ἀγάννιφον); second declension

1. much snowed on, snow-capped

Declension

Second declension of ἀγάννιφος; ἀγάννιφον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀγάννιφος agánniphos	ἀγάννιφον agánniphon		ἀγαννίφω aganníphō	ἀγαννίφω aganníphō		ἀγάννιφοι agánniphoi	ἀγάννιφᾰ agánnipha
Genitive		ἀγαννίφου aganníphou	ἀγαννίφου aganníphou		ἀγαννίφοιν aganníphoin	ἀγαννίφοιν aganníphoin		ἀγαννίφων aganníphōn	ἀγαννίφων aganníphōn
Dative		ἀγαννίφῳ aganníphōi	ἀγαννίφῳ aganníphōi		ἀγαννίφοιν aganníphoin	ἀγαννίφοιν aganníphoin		ἀγαννίφοις aganníphois	ἀγαννίφοις aganníphois
Accusative		ἀγάννιφον agánniphon	ἀγάννιφον agánniphon		ἀγαννίφω aganníphō	ἀγαννίφω aganníphō		ἀγαννίφους aganníphous	ἀγάννιφᾰ agánnipha
Vocative		ἀγάννιφε agánniphe	ἀγάννιφον agánniphon		ἀγαννίφω aganníphō	ἀγαννίφω aganníphō		ἀγάννιφοι agánniphoi	ἀγάννιφᾰ agánnipha
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀγαννίφως aganníphōs			ἀγαννιφότερος aganniphóteros			ἀγαννιφότᾰτος aganniphótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀγάννιφος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀγάννιφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀγάννιφος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀγάννιφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press