χρύσοφρυς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- χρύσοφος (khrúsophos)
Etymology
From χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + ὀφρῡ́ς (ophrū́s, “eyebrow”), because this fish has a golden spot over each eye.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰry̌ː.so.pʰrys/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰry.so.pʰrys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈxry.so.ɸrys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈxry.so.frys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈxri.so.fris/
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ χρῡ́σοφρῠς ho khrū́sophrus |
τὼ χρῡσόφρῠε tṑ khrūsóphrue |
οἱ χρῡσόφρῠες hoi khrūsóphrues | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χρῡσόφρῠος toû khrūsóphruos |
τοῖν χρῡσοφρῠ́οιν toîn khrūsophrúoin |
τῶν χρῡσοφρῠ́ων tôn khrūsophrúōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χρῡσόφρῠῐ̈ / χρῡσόφρυι tôi khrūsóphruï / khrūsóphrui |
τοῖν χρῡσοφρῠ́οιν toîn khrūsophrúoin |
τοῖς χρῡσόφρῠσῐ / χρῡσόφρῠσῐν toîs khrūsóphrusi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν χρῡ́σοφρῠν tòn khrū́sophrun |
τὼ χρῡσόφρῠε tṑ khrūsóphrue |
τοὺς χρῡσόφρῡς / χρῡσόφρῠᾰς toùs khrūsóphrūs / khrūsóphruas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χρῡ́σοφρῠ khrū́sophru |
χρῡσόφρῠε khrūsóphrue |
χρῡσόφρῠες khrūsóphrues | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: Chrysophrys
- → Latin: chrȳsophrys
Further reading
- “χρύσοφρυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χρύσοφρυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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