τίφινος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τίφη (típhē, “einkorn wheat”) +‎ -ινος (-inos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tí.pʰi.nos/ → /ˈti.ɸi.nos/ → /ˈti.fi.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tí.pʰi.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈti.pʰi.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ɸi.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈti.fi.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈti.fi.nos/

Adjective

τῐ́φῐνος • (típhinos) m (feminine τῐφῐ́νη, neuter τῐ́φῐνον); first/second declension

1. of einkorn wheat

Inflection

First and second declension of τῐ́φῐνος; τῐφῐ́νη; τῐ́φῐνον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		τῐ́φῐνος típhinos	τῐφῐ́νη tiphínē	τῐ́φῐνον típhinon		τῐφῐ́νω tiphínō	τῐφῐ́νᾱ tiphínā	τῐφῐ́νω tiphínō		τῐ́φῐνοι típhinoi	τῐ́φῐναι típhinai	τῐ́φῐνᾰ típhina
Genitive		τῐφῐ́νου tiphínou	τῐφῐ́νης tiphínēs	τῐφῐ́νου tiphínou		τῐφῐ́νοιν tiphínoin	τῐφῐ́ναιν tiphínain	τῐφῐ́νοιν tiphínoin		τῐφῐ́νων tiphínōn	τῐφῐ́νων tiphínōn	τῐφῐ́νων tiphínōn
Dative		τῐφῐ́νῳ tiphínōi	τῐφῐ́νῃ tiphínēi	τῐφῐ́νῳ tiphínōi		τῐφῐ́νοιν tiphínoin	τῐφῐ́ναιν tiphínain	τῐφῐ́νοιν tiphínoin		τῐφῐ́νοις tiphínois	τῐφῐ́ναις tiphínais	τῐφῐ́νοις tiphínois
Accusative		τῐ́φῐνον típhinon	τῐφῐ́νην tiphínēn	τῐ́φῐνον típhinon		τῐφῐ́νω tiphínō	τῐφῐ́νᾱ tiphínā	τῐφῐ́νω tiphínō		τῐφῐ́νους tiphínous	τῐφῐ́νᾱς tiphínās	τῐ́φῐνᾰ típhina
Vocative		τῐ́φῐνε típhine	τῐφῐ́νη tiphínē	τῐ́φῐνον típhinon		τῐφῐ́νω tiphínō	τῐφῐ́νᾱ tiphínā	τῐφῐ́νω tiphínō		τῐ́φῐνοι típhinoi	τῐ́φῐναι típhinai	τῐ́φῐνᾰ típhina
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		τῐφῐ́νως tiphínōs				τῐφῐνώτερος tiphinṓteros				τῐφῐνώτᾰτος tiphinṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “τίφινος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• τίφινος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette