Κύφος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ký.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈky.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈci.fos/
Proper noun
Κύφος • (Kúphos) f (genitive Κύφου); second declension
- Cyphus, Perrhaebia, Greece
Inflection
Descendants
- Latin: Cyphus
References
- “Κύφος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Κύφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette