πόρπη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neither a reduplicated form from πείρω (peírō, “to pierce”), nor a creation from πόρκης (pórkēs, “ring around the shaft of a spear”) makes sense. Furnée connects πορφίτῳ (porphítōi, “buckle”) and concludes that the word is Pre-Greek on account of the variation π/φ.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pór.pɛː/ → /ˈpor.pi/ → /ˈpor.pi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pór.pɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.pe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.pi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.pi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpor.pi/

Noun

πόρπη • (pórpē) f (genitive πόρπης); first declension

1. brooch, clasp for fastening dresses, especially on the shoulders

   Synonym: περόνη (perónē)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πόρπη; τῆς πόρπης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πόρπη hē pórpē	τὼ πόρπᾱ tṑ pórpā	αἱ πόρπαι hai pórpai
Genitive	τῆς πόρπης tês pórpēs	τοῖν πόρπαιν toîn pórpain	τῶν πορπῶν tôn porpôn
Dative	τῇ πόρπῃ têi pórpēi	τοῖν πόρπαιν toîn pórpain	ταῖς πόρπαις taîs pórpais
Accusative	τὴν πόρπην tḕn pórpēn	τὼ πόρπᾱ tṑ pórpā	τᾱ̀ς πόρπᾱς tā̀s pórpās
Vocative	πόρπη pórpē	πόρπᾱ pórpā	πόρπαι pórpai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πορπακίζομαι (porpakízomai)
• πόρπαμα (pórpama)
• πόρπαξ (pórpax)
• πορπαφόρος (porpaphóros)
• πορπάω (porpáō)
• πορπηδόν (porpēdón)
• πορπίον (porpíon)
• πορπόω (porpóō)

 

Further reading

• “πόρπη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πόρπη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πόρπη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πόρπη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πόρπη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN