διοτρεφής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Ζεύς (Zeús, “Zeus”) + τρέφω (tréphō, “to nourish”) + -ής (-ḗs, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /di.o.tre.pʰɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /di.o.treˈpʰe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.o.treˈɸis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.o.treˈfis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.o.treˈfis/
Adjective
δῐοτρεφής • (dĭotrephḗs) m or f (neuter δῐοτρεφές); third declension (Epic)
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | δῐοτρεφής dĭotrephḗs |
δῐοτρεφές dĭotrephés |
δῐοτρεφέε δῐοτρεφεῖ dĭotrephée dĭotrepheî |
δῐοτρεφέε δῐοτρεφεῖ dĭotrephée dĭotrepheî |
δῐοτρεφέες δῐοτρεφεῖς dĭotrephées dĭotrepheîs |
δῐοτρεφέᾰ dĭotrephéă | ||||||||
| Genitive | δῐοτρεφέος δῐοτρεφεῦς dĭotrephéos dĭotrepheûs |
δῐοτρεφέος δῐοτρεφεῦς dĭotrephéos dĭotrepheûs |
δῐοτρεφεοῖῐ̈ν dĭotrepheoîĭ̈n |
δῐοτρεφεοῖῐ̈ν dĭotrepheoîĭ̈n |
δῐοτρεφέων dĭotrephéōn |
δῐοτρεφέων dĭotrephéōn | ||||||||
| Dative | δῐοτρεφέῐ̈ δῐοτρεφεῖ dĭotrephéĭ̈ dĭotrepheî |
δῐοτρεφέῐ̈ δῐοτρεφεῖ dĭotrephéĭ̈ dĭotrepheî |
δῐοτρεφεοῖῐ̈ν dĭotrepheoîĭ̈n |
δῐοτρεφεοῖῐ̈ν dĭotrepheoîĭ̈n |
δῐοτρεφέσῐ δῐοτρεφέσῐν δῐοτρεφέσσῐ δῐοτρεφέσσῐν δῐοτρεφέεσσῐ δῐοτρεφέεσσῐν dĭotrephésĭ(n) dĭotrephéssĭ(n) dĭotrephéessĭ(n) |
δῐοτρεφέσῐ δῐοτρεφέσῐν δῐοτρεφέσσῐ δῐοτρεφέσσῐν δῐοτρεφέεσσῐ δῐοτρεφέεσσῐν dĭotrephésĭ(n) dĭotrephéssĭ(n) dĭotrephéessĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | δῐοτρεφέᾰ dĭotrephéă |
δῐοτρεφές dĭotrephés |
δῐοτρεφέε δῐοτρεφεῖ dĭotrephée dĭotrepheî |
δῐοτρεφέε δῐοτρεφεῖ dĭotrephée dĭotrepheî |
δῐοτρεφέᾰς dĭotrephéăs |
δῐοτρεφέᾰ dĭotrephéă | ||||||||
| Vocative | δῐοτρεφές dĭotrephés |
δῐοτρεφές dĭotrephés |
δῐοτρεφέε δῐοτρεφεῖ dĭotrephée dĭotrepheî |
δῐοτρεφέε δῐοτρεφεῖ dĭotrephée dĭotrepheî |
δῐοτρεφέες δῐοτρεφεῖς dĭotrephées dĭotrepheîs |
δῐοτρεφέᾰ dĭotrephéă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| δῐοτρεφέως dĭotrephéōs |
δῐοτρεφέστερος dĭotrephésteros |
δῐοτρεφέστᾰτος dĭotrephéstătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “διοτρεφής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- διοτρεφής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963