πρόφρων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pró.pʰrɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpro.pʰron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpro.ɸron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpro.fron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpro.fron/
Adjective
πρόφρων • (próphrōn) (feminine πρόφρων, πρόφρασσα (Epic), neuter πρόφρον); third declension
Inflection
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | πρόφρων próphrōn |
πρόφρον próphron |
πρόφρονε próphrone |
πρόφρονε próphrone |
πρόφρονες próphrones |
πρόφρονᾰ próphrona | ||||||||
Genitive | πρόφρονος próphronos |
πρόφρονος próphronos |
προφρόνοιν prophrónoin |
προφρόνοιν prophrónoin |
προφρόνων prophrónōn |
προφρόνων prophrónōn | ||||||||
Dative | πρόφρονῐ próphroni |
πρόφρονῐ próphroni |
προφρόνοιν prophrónoin |
προφρόνοιν prophrónoin |
πρόφροσῐ / πρόφροσῐν próphrosi(n) |
πρόφροσῐ / πρόφροσῐν próphrosi(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | πρόφρονᾰ próphrona |
πρόφρον próphron |
πρόφρονε próphrone |
πρόφρονε próphrone |
πρόφρονᾰς próphronas |
πρόφρονᾰ próphrona | ||||||||
Vocative | πρόφρον próphron |
πρόφρον próphron |
πρόφρονε próphrone |
πρόφρονε próphrone |
πρόφρονες próphrones |
πρόφρονᾰ próphrona | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
προφρόνως prophrónōs |
προφρονέστερος prophronésteros |
προφρονέστᾰτος prophronéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Alternative Epic feminine forms:
First declension of πρόφρασσα (Epic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | — | πρόφρασσα próphrassa |
— | — | προφράσσᾱ prophrássā |
— | — | πρόφρασσαι próphrassai |
— | |||||
Genitive | — | προφράσσης prophrássēs |
— | — | προφράσσαιν prophrássain |
— | — | προφρασσᾱ́ων / προφρασσέ͜ων / προφρασσῶν prophrassā́ōn / prophrassé͜ōn / prophrassôn |
— | |||||
Dative | — | προφράσσῃ prophrássēi |
— | — | προφράσσαιν prophrássain |
— | — | προφράσσῃσῐ / προφράσσῃσῐν / προφράσσῃς / προφράσσαις prophrássēisi(n) / prophrássēis / prophrássais |
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Accusative | — | πρόφρασσαν próphrassan |
— | — | προφράσσᾱ prophrássā |
— | — | προφράσσᾱς prophrássās |
— | |||||
Vocative | — | πρόφρασσα próphrassa |
— | — | προφράσσᾱ prophrássā |
— | — | πρόφρασσαι próphrassai |
— | |||||
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Further reading
- “πρόφρων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- “πρόφρασσα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πρόφρων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πρόφρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πρόφρασσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- auspicious idem, page 53.
- cordial idem, page 174.
- favourable idem, page 311.
- friendly idem, page 345.
- gracious idem, page 368.
- kind idem, page 469.
- propitious idem, page 653.