σέρφος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σύρφος (súrphos)

Etymology

According to Beekes, probably of Pre-Greek origin. Compare also σέριφος (sériphos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sér.pʰos/ → /ˈser.ɸos/ → /ˈser.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sér.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈser.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈser.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈser.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈser.fos/

Noun

σέρφος • (sérphos) m (genitive σέρφου); second declension

1. gnat or winged ant

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σέρφος; τοῦ σέρφου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σέρφος ho sérphos	τὼ σέρφω tṑ sérphō	οἱ σέρφοι hoi sérphoi
Genitive	τοῦ σέρφου toû sérphou	τοῖν σέρφοιν toîn sérphoin	τῶν σέρφων tôn sérphōn
Dative	τῷ σέρφῳ tôi sérphōi	τοῖν σέρφοιν toîn sérphoin	τοῖς σέρφοις toîs sérphois
Accusative	τὸν σέρφον tòn sérphon	τὼ σέρφω tṑ sérphō	τοὺς σέρφους toùs sérphous
Vocative	σέρφε sérphe	σέρφω sérphō	σέρφοι sérphoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “σέρφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σέρφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN