λόφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from the same Indo-European source as Tocharian A lap (“head”) and Proto-Slavic *lъbъ (“skull”).^[1]

In 1819, Rees thought it to be akin to Old English hlifian (“to raise up, tower, stand out”).^[2]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

λόφος • (lóphos) m (genitive λόφου); second declension

the back of the neck, the withers (of a horse), the nape (of a person)
the crest (of a hill), a ridge
the crest (of a helmet)
(after Homer) the crest or tuft on the head of a bird; comb (of flesh)
a tuft of hair (upon the crown of a person)
Synonym of λοφιά (lophiá)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ λόφος; τοῦ λόφου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λόφος ho lóphos	τὼ λόφω tṑ lóphō	οἱ λόφοι hoi lóphoi
Genitive	τοῦ λόφου toû lóphou	τοῖν λόφοιν toîn lóphoin	τῶν λόφων tôn lóphōn
Dative	τῷ λόφῳ tôi lóphōi	τοῖν λόφοιν toîn lóphoin	τοῖς λόφοις toîs lóphois
Accusative	τὸν λόφον tòn lóphon	τὼ λόφω tṑ lóphō	τοὺς λόφους toùs lóphous
Vocative	λόφε lóphe	λόφω lóphō	λόφοι lóphoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Χῖος λόφος (Khîos lóphos)
ἑπταλόφος (heptalóphos)

Descendants

Greek: λόφος (lófos)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λόφος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 873-74
^ Rees, A. (1819). The Cyclopaedia; Or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature: In Thirty-nine Volumes. Generation - Gre. United Kingdom: Longman.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λόφος (lóphos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlo.fos/
Hyphenation: λό‧φος

Noun

λόφος • (lófos) m (plural λόφοι)

hill

Declension

Declension of **λόφος**
	singular	plural
nominative	λόφος (lófos)	λόφοι (lófoi)
genitive	λόφου (lófou)	λόφων (lófon)
accusative	λόφο (lófo)	λόφους (lófous)
vocative	λόφε (lófe)	λόφοι (lófoi)

Synonyms

ύψωμα n (ýpsoma)

Derived terms

λοφάκι n (lofáki, “hillock”)
λοφίσκος m (lofískos, “hillock”)

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λόφος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 873-74

[2] Rees, A. (1819). The Cyclopaedia; Or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature: In Thirty-nine Volumes. Generation - Gre. United Kingdom: Longman.

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