γλυφή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γλύφω (glúphō, “to carve”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡly.pʰɛ̌ː/ → /ɣlyˈɸi/ → /ɣliˈfi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡly.pʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡlyˈpʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣlyˈɸi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣlyˈfi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣliˈfi/

Noun

γλῠφή • (glŭphḗ) f (genitive γλῠφῆς); first declension

1. carving; carved work
2. hole cut

Declension

First declension of ἡ γλῠφή; τῆς γλῠφῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γλῠφή hē glŭphḗ	τὼ γλῠφᾱ́ tṑ glŭphā́	αἱ γλῠφαί hai glŭphaí
Genitive	τῆς γλῠφῆς tês glŭphês	τοῖν γλῠφαῖν toîn glŭphaîn	τῶν γλῠφῶν tôn glŭphôn
Dative	τῇ γλῠφῇ tēî glŭphēî	τοῖν γλῠφαῖν toîn glŭphaîn	ταῖς γλῠφαῖς taîs glŭphaîs
Accusative	τὴν γλῠφήν tḕn glŭphḗn	τὼ γλῠφᾱ́ tṑ glŭphā́	τᾱ̀ς γλῠφᾱ́ς tā̀s glŭphā́s
Vocative	γλῠφή glŭphḗ	γλῠφᾱ́ glŭphā́	γλῠφαί glŭphaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → French: glyphe (learned)
  • → English: glyph
  • → Finnish: glyyfi
  • → Italian: glifo
  • → Portuguese: glifo
  • → Russian: глиф (glif)
  • → Spanish: glifo
• Greek: γλυφή f (glyfí)

References

• “γλυφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γλυφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γλυφή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• γλυφή in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007), Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣliˈfi/

Adjective

γλυφή • (glyfí)

1. nominative/accusative/vocative feminine singular of γλυφός (glyfós)