μετάφρενον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μετᾰ- (metă-, “behind”) + φρήν (phrḗn, “midriff”), literally “the part behind the midriff”.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.tá.pʰre.non/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /meˈta.pʰre.non/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /meˈta.ɸre.non/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /meˈta.fre.non/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /meˈta.fre.non/
Noun
μετᾰ́φρενον • (metắphrenon) n (genitive μετᾰφρένου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ μετᾰ́φρενον tò metắphrenon |
τὼ μετᾰφρένω tṑ metăphrénō |
τᾰ̀ μετᾰ́φρενᾰ tằ metắphrenă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μετᾰφρένου toû metăphrénou |
τοῖν μετᾰφρένοιν toîn metăphrénoin |
τῶν μετᾰφρένων tôn metăphrénōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μετᾰφρένῳ tōî metăphrénōi |
τοῖν μετᾰφρένοιν toîn metăphrénoin |
τοῖς μετᾰφρένοις toîs metăphrénois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ μετᾰ́φρενον tò metắphrenon |
τὼ μετᾰφρένω tṑ metăphrénō |
τᾰ̀ μετᾰ́φρενᾰ tằ metắphrenă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μετᾰ́φρενον metắphrenon |
μετᾰφρένω metăphrénō |
μετᾰ́φρενᾰ metắphrenă | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | μετᾰ́φρενον metắphrenon |
μετᾰφρένω metăphrénō |
μετᾰ́φρενᾰ metắphrenă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | μετᾰφρένοιο / μετᾰφρένοο / μετᾰφρένου metăphrénoio / metăphrénoo / metăphrénou |
μετᾰφρένοιῐ̈ν metăphrénoiĭ̈n |
μετᾰφρένων metăphrénōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | μετᾰφρένῳ metăphrénōi |
μετᾰφρένοιῐ̈ν metăphrénoiĭ̈n |
μετᾰφρένοισῐ / μετᾰφρένοισῐν / μετᾰφρένοις metăphrénoisĭ(n) / metăphrénois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | μετᾰ́φρενον metắphrenon |
μετᾰφρένω metăphrénō |
μετᾰ́φρενᾰ metắphrenă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μετᾰ́φρενον metắphrenon |
μετᾰφρένω metăphrénō |
μετᾰ́φρενᾰ metắphrenă | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ μετᾰ́φρενον tò metắphrenon |
τὼ μετᾰφρένω tṑ metăphrénō |
τᾰ̀ μετᾰ́φρενᾰ tằ metắphrenă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ μετᾰφρένου toû metăphrénou |
τοῖν μετᾰφρένοιν toîn metăphrénoin |
τῶν μετᾰφρένων tôn metăphrénōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ μετᾰφρένῳ tōî metăphrénōi |
τοῖν μετᾰφρένοιν toîn metăphrénoin |
τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν μετᾰφρένοισῐ / μετᾰφρένοισῐν toîsĭ(n) metăphrénoisĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ μετᾰ́φρενον tò metắphrenon |
τὼ μετᾰφρένω tṑ metăphrénō |
τᾰ̀ μετᾰ́φρενᾰ tằ metắphrenă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μετᾰ́φρενον metắphrenon |
μετᾰφρένω metăphrénō |
μετᾰ́φρενᾰ metắphrenă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “μετάφρενον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μετάφρενον in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μετάφρενον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “μετάφρενον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press