ὑόφθαλμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὗς (hûs, “swine”) +‎ ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.ópʰ.tʰal.mos/ → /yˈoɸ.θal.mos/ → /iˈof.θal.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.ópʰ.tʰal.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈopʰ.tʰal.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈoɸ.θal.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈof.θal.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈof.θal.mos/

Noun

ὑόφθᾰλμος • (huóphthalmos) m (genitive ὑοφθᾰ́λμου); second declension

1. Italian aster (Aster amellus)

   Synonyms: ἀστέρῐον (astérion), ἀστερῐ́σκος (asterískos)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ὑόφθᾰλμος; τοῦ ὑοφθᾰ́λμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὑόφθᾰλμος ho huóphthalmos	τὼ ὑοφθᾰ́λμω tṑ huophthálmō	οἱ ὑόφθᾰλμοι hoi huóphthalmoi
Genitive	τοῦ ὑοφθᾰ́λμου toû huophthálmou	τοῖν ὑοφθᾰ́λμοιν toîn huophthálmoin	τῶν ὑοφθᾰ́λμων tôn huophthálmōn
Dative	τῷ ὑοφθᾰ́λμῳ tôi huophthálmōi	τοῖν ὑοφθᾰ́λμοιν toîn huophthálmoin	τοῖς ὑοφθᾰ́λμοις toîs huophthálmois
Accusative	τὸν ὑόφθᾰλμον tòn huóphthalmon	τὼ ὑοφθᾰ́λμω tṑ huophthálmō	τοὺς ὑοφθᾰ́λμους toùs huophthálmous
Vocative	ὑόφθᾰλμε huóphthalme	ὑοφθᾰ́λμω huophthálmō	ὑόφθᾰλμοι huóphthalmoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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