παράφερνα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παρα- (para-, “beside”) +‎ φερνή (phernḗ, “a dowry”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.rá.pʰer.na/ → /paˈra.ɸer.na/ → /paˈra.fer.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.rá.pʰer.na/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈra.pʰer.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈra.ɸer.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈra.fer.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈra.fer.na/

Noun

πᾰράφερνᾰ • (parápherna) n pl (genitive πᾰρᾰφέρνων); second declension

1. the goods which a bride brings over and above her dowry

Inflection

Second declension of τᾰ̀ πᾰρᾰ́φερνᾰ; τῶν πᾰρᾰφέρνων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ πᾰρᾰ́φερνᾰ tà parápherna
Genitive	τῶν πᾰρᾰφέρνων tôn paraphérnōn
Dative	τοῖς πᾰρᾰφέρνοις toîs paraphérnois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ πᾰρᾰ́φερνᾰ tà parápherna
Vocative	πᾰρᾰ́φερνᾰ parápherna
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “παράφερνα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press