Πορφυρίων

See also: πορφυρίων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πορφῠρῐ́ων (porphuríōn, “purple coot or water-hen”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /por.pʰy.rí.ɔːn/ → /por.ɸyˈri.on/ → /por.fiˈri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /por.pʰy.rí.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /por.pʰyˈri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /por.ɸyˈri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /por.fyˈri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /por.fiˈri.on/

Proper noun

Πορφῠρῐ́ων • (Porphuríōn) m (genitive Πορφῠρῐ́ωνος); third declension

1. Porphyrion

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Πορφῠρῐ́ων; τοῦ Πορφῠρῐ́ωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πορφῠρῐ́ων ho Porphuríōn
Genitive	τοῦ Πορφῠρῐ́ωνος toû Porphuríōnos
Dative	τῷ Πορφῠρῐ́ωνῐ tôi Porphuríōni
Accusative	τὸν Πορφῠρῐ́ωνᾰ tòn Porphuríōna
Vocative	Πορφῠρῐ́ων Porphuríōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Πορφυρίων (Porfyríon)
• Latin: Porphyriōn

References

• “Πορφυρίων”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023
• Πορφυρίων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette