ῥάμφος

See also: ράμφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Next to this word, there are ῥέμφος (rhémphos, “mouth or nose”) and ῥαμψός (rhampsós). The words ῥέμβομαι (rhémbomai, “to turn round, roam”) and ῥόμβος (rhómbos, “wheel”) are phonetically comparable and semantically similar; confront further ῥάβδος (rhábdos, “rod, wand”) and ῥομφαία (rhomphaía, “Thracian sword”). Germanic words have been compared, like Middle Low German wrimpen (“to turn up one's nose”), but these comparisons are ungrounded. The variation β/ψ rather points to a Pre-Greek origin, as does the α-vocalism. Moreover, ῥαιβός (rhaibós, “crooked”) is probably a variant, showing prenasalization.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥ám.pʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈram.pʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈram.ɸos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈram.fos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈram.fos/

Noun

ῥᾰ́μφος • (rhắmphos) n (genitive ῥᾰ́μφεος); third declension

crooked beak of birds of prey, bill
Synonym: ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ῥᾰ́μφος; τοῦ ῥᾰ́μφεος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ῥᾰ́μφος tò rhắmphos	τὼ ῥᾰ́μφεε tṑ rhắmphee	τᾰ̀ ῥᾰ́μφεᾰ tằ rhắmpheă
Genitive	τοῦ ῥᾰ́μφεος toû rhắmpheos	τοῖν ῥᾰμφέοιν toîn rhămphéoin	τῶν ῥᾰμφέων tôn rhămphéōn
Dative	τῷ ῥᾰ́μφεῐ̈ tōî rhắmpheĭ̈	τοῖν ῥᾰμφέοιν toîn rhămphéoin	τοῖς ῥᾰ́μφεσῐ / ῥᾰ́μφεσῐν toîs rhắmphesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ῥᾰ́μφος tò rhắmphos	τὼ ῥᾰ́μφεε tṑ rhắmphee	τᾰ̀ ῥᾰ́μφεᾰ tằ rhắmpheă
Vocative	ῥᾰ́μφος rhắmphos	ῥᾰ́μφεε rhắmphee	ῥᾰ́μφεᾰ rhắmpheă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

λεπτόραμφος (leptóramphos)
ῥαμφάζομαι (rhampházomai)
ῥαμφή (rhamphḗ)
ῥαμφηστής (rhamphēstḗs)
ῥάμφιον (rhámphion)
ῥάμφιος (rhámphios)
ῥαμφίς (rhamphís)
ῥαμφώδης (rhamphṓdēs)

Descendants

Greek: ράμφος (rámfos)