γέφυρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

βέφυρα (béphura) — Boeotian
δέφυρα (déphura) — Cretan
δίφουρα (díphoura) — Laconian

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Old Armenian կամուրջ (kamurǰ, “bridge”) and Hattic 𒄩𒄠𒈬𒊒𒊀 (ḫa-am-mu-ru-waₐ /⁠ḫamuruwa, ḫammuruwa, ḫāmuruwaₐ⁠/, “beam”). Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡé.pʰyː.ra/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.pʰy.ra/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.ɸy.ra/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.fy.ra/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.fi.ra/

Noun

γέφῡρᾰ • (géphūra) f (genitive γεφῡ́ρᾱς); first declension

Inflection

First declension of ἡ γέφῡρᾰ; τῆς γεφῡ́ρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γέφῡρᾰ hē géphūra	τὼ γεφῡ́ρᾱ tṑ gephū́rā	αἱ γέφῡραι hai géphūrai
Genitive	τῆς γεφῡ́ρᾱς tês gephū́rās	τοῖν γεφῡ́ραιν toîn gephū́rain	τῶν γεφῡρῶν tôn gephūrôn
Dative	τῇ γεφῡ́ρᾳ têi gephū́rāi	τοῖν γεφῡ́ραιν toîn gephū́rain	ταῖς γεφῡ́ραις taîs gephū́rais
Accusative	τὴν γέφῡρᾰν tḕn géphūran	τὼ γεφῡ́ρᾱ tṑ gephū́rā	τᾱ̀ς γεφῡ́ρᾱς tā̀s gephū́rās
Vocative	γέφῡρᾰ géphūra	γεφῡ́ρᾱ gephū́rā	γέφῡραι géphūrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

γεφῡρεργάτης (gephūrergátēs)
γεφῡρίζω (gephūrízō)
γεφῡ́ριον (gephū́rion)
γεφῡρισμός (gephūrismós)
γεφῡριστής (gephūristḗs)
γεφῡροποιός (gephūropoiós)
γεφῡρουργία (gephūrourgía)
γεφῡρόω (gephūróō)
γεφῡ́ρωμα (gephū́rōma)
γεφῡ́ρωσις (gephū́rōsis)
γεφῡρωτής (gephūrōtḗs)

Descendants

Greek: γέφυρα (géfyra)

References

“γέφυρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“γέφυρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“γέφυρα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
γέφυρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
γέφυρα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
γέφυρα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
“γέφυρα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bridge idem, page 98.
- pontoon idem, page 626.
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

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γέφυρα (géphura).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʝefira/
Hyphenation: γέ‧φυ‧ρα

Noun

γέφυρα • (géfyra) f (plural γέφυρες)

bridge (construction that spans a divide)
κρεμαστή γέφυρα ― kremastí géfyra ― suspension bridge
(dentistry) bridge
(nautical) bridge
(anatomy) pons

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	γέφυρα (géfyra)	γέφυρες (géfyres)
genitive	γέφυρας (géfyras)	γεφυρών (gefyrón)
accusative	γέφυρα (géfyra)	γέφυρες (géfyres)
vocative	γέφυρα (géfyra)	γέφυρες (géfyres)

Derived terms

γεφυράκι n (gefyráki, “footbridge”)
γεφυροποιός m (gefyropoiós, “bridge builder”)
γεφυρώνω (gefyróno, “to bridge”)
γεφύρωση f (gefýrosi, “bridging”)
κρεμαστή γέφυρα f (kremastí géfyra, “suspension bridge”)
οδογέφυρα f (odogéfyra, “viaduct, road bridge, railway bridge”)
πεζογέφυρα f (pezogéfyra, “footbridge”)

γέφυρα

Contents

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

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