ταπεινοφροσύνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τᾰπεινόφρων (tăpeinóphrōn, “humble; mean-spirited”) + -σύνη (-súnē, “-ness”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ta.peː.no.pʰro.sý.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ta.pi.no.pʰroˈsy.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ta.pi.no.ɸroˈsy.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ta.pi.no.froˈsy.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ta.pi.no.froˈsi.ni/
Noun
τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νη • (tăpeinophrosŭ́nē) f (genitive τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νης); first declension
- (post-Classical) humility, humbleness
- meanspiritedness
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νη hē tăpeinophrosŭ́nē |
τὼ τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νᾱ tṑ tăpeinophrosŭ́nā |
αἱ τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́ναι hai tăpeinophrosŭ́nai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νης tês tăpeinophrosŭ́nēs |
τοῖν τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́ναιν toîn tăpeinophrosŭ́nain |
τῶν τᾰπεινοφροσῠνῶν tôn tăpeinophrosŭnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νῃ tēî tăpeinophrosŭ́nēi |
τοῖν τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́ναιν toîn tăpeinophrosŭ́nain |
ταῖς τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́ναις taîs tăpeinophrosŭ́nais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νην tḕn tăpeinophrosŭ́nēn |
τὼ τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νᾱ tṑ tăpeinophrosŭ́nā |
τᾱ̀ς τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νᾱς tā̀s tăpeinophrosŭ́nās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νη tăpeinophrosŭ́nē |
τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́νᾱ tăpeinophrosŭ́nā |
τᾰπεινοφροσῠ́ναι tăpeinophrosŭ́nai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ταπεινοφροσύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ταπεινοφροσύνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette