ὀφιοῦχος
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /o.pʰi.ûː.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /o.pʰiˈu.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /o.ɸiˈu.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /o.fiˈu.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /o.fiˈu.xos/
Noun
ὀφῐοῦχος • (ophioûkhos) m (genitive ὀφῐούχου); second declension
- serpent handler
- (astronomy) Ophiuchus, the constellation
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ὀφῐοῦχος ho ophioûkhos |
τὼ ὀφῐούχω tṑ ophioúkhō |
οἱ ὀφῐοῦχοι hoi ophioûkhoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὀφῐούχου toû ophioúkhou |
τοῖν ὀφῐούχοιν toîn ophioúkhoin |
τῶν ὀφῐούχων tôn ophioúkhōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὀφῐούχῳ tôi ophioúkhōi |
τοῖν ὀφῐούχοιν toîn ophioúkhoin |
τοῖς ὀφῐούχοις toîs ophioúkhois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ὀφῐοῦχον tòn ophioûkhon |
τὼ ὀφῐούχω tṑ ophioúkhō |
τοὺς ὀφῐούχους toùs ophioúkhous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὀφῐοῦχε ophioûkhe |
ὀφῐούχω ophioúkhō |
ὀφῐοῦχοι ophioûkhoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ὀφιούχεος (ophioúkheos)
Descendants
- → English: Ophiuchus
Further reading
- “ὀφιοῦχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀφιοῦχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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