ὀρφνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὄρφνη (órphnē, “darkness”) +‎ -ός (-ós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /or.pʰnós/ → /orˈɸnos/ → /orˈfnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /or.pʰnós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /orˈpʰnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /orˈɸnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /orˈfnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /orˈfnos/

Adjective

ὀρφνός • (orphnós) m (feminine ὀρφνή, neuter ὀρφνόν); first/second declension

1. dark, dusky

   Synonym: σκοτεινός (skoteinós)

Inflection

First and second declension of ὀρφνός; ὀρφνή; ὀρφνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὀρφνός orphnós	ὀρφνή orphnḗ	ὀρφνόν orphnón		ὀρφνώ orphnṓ	ὀρφνᾱ́ orphnā́	ὀρφνώ orphnṓ		ὀρφνοί orphnoí	ὀρφναί orphnaí	ὀρφνᾰ́ orphná
Genitive		ὀρφνοῦ orphnoû	ὀρφνῆς orphnês	ὀρφνοῦ orphnoû		ὀρφνοῖν orphnoîn	ὀρφναῖν orphnaîn	ὀρφνοῖν orphnoîn		ὀρφνῶν orphnôn	ὀρφνῶν orphnôn	ὀρφνῶν orphnôn
Dative		ὀρφνῷ orphnôi	ὀρφνῇ orphnêi	ὀρφνῷ orphnôi		ὀρφνοῖν orphnoîn	ὀρφναῖν orphnaîn	ὀρφνοῖν orphnoîn		ὀρφνοῖς orphnoîs	ὀρφναῖς orphnaîs	ὀρφνοῖς orphnoîs
Accusative		ὀρφνόν orphnón	ὀρφνήν orphnḗn	ὀρφνόν orphnón		ὀρφνώ orphnṓ	ὀρφνᾱ́ orphnā́	ὀρφνώ orphnṓ		ὀρφνούς orphnoús	ὀρφνᾱ́ς orphnā́s	ὀρφνᾰ́ orphná
Vocative		ὀρφνέ orphné	ὀρφνή orphnḗ	ὀρφνόν orphnón		ὀρφνώ orphnṓ	ὀρφνᾱ́ orphnā́	ὀρφνώ orphnṓ		ὀρφνοί orphnoí	ὀρφναί orphnaí	ὀρφνᾰ́ orphná
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὀρφνῶς orphnôs				ὀρφνότερος orphnóteros				ὀρφνότᾰτος orphnótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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