τῦφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    Derived from the verb τύφω (túphō, “to smoke”).[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    τῦφος • (tûphos) m (genitive τύφου); second declension

    1. smoke, vapour
    2. delusion, vanity
    3. nonsense
    4. a kind of fever

    Declension

    Second declension of ὁ τῦφος; τοῦ τῡ́φου (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ὁ τῦφος
    ho tûphos     		τὼ τῡ́φω
    tṑ tū́phō     		οἱ τῦφοι
    hoi tûphoi
    Genitive τοῦ τῡ́φου
    toû tū́phou     		τοῖν τῡ́φοιν
    toîn tū́phoin     		τῶν τῡ́φων
    tôn tū́phōn
    Dative τῷ τῡ́φῳ
    tōî tū́phōi     		τοῖν τῡ́φοιν
    toîn tū́phoin     		τοῖς τῡ́φοις
    toîs tū́phois
    Accusative τὸν τῦφον
    tòn tûphon     		τὼ τῡ́φω
    tṑ tū́phō     		τοὺς τῡ́φους
    toùs tū́phous
    Vocative τῦφε
    tûphe     		τῡ́φω
    tū́phō     		τῦφοι
    tûphoi
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Descendants

    • Greek: τύφος (týfos)
    • → New Latin: typhus (see there for further descendants)
    • → Vulgar Latin:
      • Spanish: tufo (“bad smell, stench”)
      • Occitan: tuba (“smoke, cloud, mist”)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “τύφομαι, -ω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1522

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