ὑσγινοβαφής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὕσγινον (húsginon, “hysginum”) +‎ βάπτω (báptō, “to dip, dye”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hyz.ɡi.no.ba.pʰɛ̌ːs/ → /yz.ʝi.no.βaˈɸis/ → /iz.ʝi.no.vaˈfis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hyz.ɡi.no.ba.pʰɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yz.ɡi.no.baˈpʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yz.ʝi.no.βaˈɸis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yz.ʝi.no.vaˈfis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iz.ʝi.no.vaˈfis/

Adjective

ὑσγῐνοβᾰφής • (husginobaphḗs) m or f (neuter ὑσγῐνοβᾰφές); third declension

1. dipped or dyed in hysginum

Declension

Third declension of ὑσγῐνοβᾰφής; ὑσγῐνοβᾰφές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὑσγῐνοβᾰφής husginobaphḗs	ὑσγῐνοβᾰφές husginobaphés		ὑσγῐνοβᾰφεῖ husginobapheî	ὑσγῐνοβᾰφεῖ husginobapheî		ὑσγῐνοβᾰφεῖς husginobapheîs	ὑσγῐνοβᾰφῆ husginobaphê
Genitive		ὑσγῐνοβᾰφοῦς husginobaphoûs	ὑσγῐνοβᾰφοῦς husginobaphoûs		ὑσγῐνοβᾰφοῖν husginobaphoîn	ὑσγῐνοβᾰφοῖν husginobaphoîn		ὑσγῐνοβᾰφῶν husginobaphôn	ὑσγῐνοβᾰφῶν husginobaphôn
Dative		ὑσγῐνοβᾰφεῖ husginobapheî	ὑσγῐνοβᾰφεῖ husginobapheî		ὑσγῐνοβᾰφοῖν husginobaphoîn	ὑσγῐνοβᾰφοῖν husginobaphoîn		ὑσγῐνοβᾰφέσῐ / ὑσγῐνοβᾰφέσῐν husginobaphési(n)	ὑσγῐνοβᾰφέσῐ / ὑσγῐνοβᾰφέσῐν husginobaphési(n)
Accusative		ὑσγῐνοβᾰφῆ husginobaphê	ὑσγῐνοβᾰφές husginobaphés		ὑσγῐνοβᾰφεῖ husginobapheî	ὑσγῐνοβᾰφεῖ husginobapheî		ὑσγῐνοβᾰφεῖς husginobapheîs	ὑσγῐνοβᾰφῆ husginobaphê
Vocative		ὑσγῐνοβᾰφές husginobaphés	ὑσγῐνοβᾰφές husginobaphés		ὑσγῐνοβᾰφεῖ husginobapheî	ὑσγῐνοβᾰφεῖ husginobapheî		ὑσγῐνοβᾰφεῖς husginobapheîs	ὑσγῐνοβᾰφῆ husginobaphê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ὑσγῐνοβᾰφῶς husginobaphôs			ὑσγῐνοβᾰφέστερος husginobaphésteros			ὑσγῐνοβᾰφέστᾰτος husginobaphéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὑσγινοβαφής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὑσγινοβαφής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette