πορφυρίων

See also: Πορφυρίων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πορφύρα (porphúra, “purple dye”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /por.pʰy.rí.ɔːn/ → /por.ɸyˈri.on/ → /por.fiˈri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /por.pʰy.rí.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /por.pʰyˈri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /por.ɸyˈri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /por.fyˈri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /por.fiˈri.on/

Noun

πορφῠρῐ́ων • (porphuríōn) m (genitive πορφῠρῐ́ονος); third declension

1. purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
2. kind of octopus
3. kind of fish

Declension

Third declension of ὁ πορφῠρῐ́ων; τοῦ πορφῠρῐ́ονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πορφῠρῐ́ων ho porphuríōn	τὼ πορφῠρῐ́ονε tṑ porphuríone	οἱ πορφῠρῐ́ονες hoi porphuríones
Genitive	τοῦ πορφῠρῐ́ονος toû porphuríonos	τοῖν πορφῠρῐόνοιν toîn porphuriónoin	τῶν πορφῠρῐόνων tôn porphuriónōn
Dative	τῷ πορφῠρῐ́ονῐ tôi porphuríoni	τοῖν πορφῠρῐόνοιν toîn porphuriónoin	τοῖς πορφῠρῐ́οσῐ / πορφῠρῐ́οσῐν toîs porphuríosi(n)
Accusative	τὸν πορφῠρῐ́ονᾰ tòn porphuríona	τὼ πορφῠρῐ́ονε tṑ porphuríone	τοὺς πορφῠρῐ́ονᾰς toùs porphuríonas
Vocative	πορφῠρῐ́ον porphuríon	πορφῠρῐ́ονε porphuríone	πορφῠρῐ́ονες porphuríones
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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