στέρφος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sterbʰ-.[1]

Noun

στέρφος • (stérphos) n (genitive στέρφεος); third declension

  1. hide, skin, fur

Declension

Third declension of στέρφος; στέρφεος (Epic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative στέρφος
stérphos 		στέρφει / στέρφεε
stérphei / stérphee 		στέρφεᾰ
stérphea
Genitive στέρφεος / στέρφευς
stérpheos / stérpheus 		στερφέοιν
sterphéoin 		στερφέων
sterphéōn
Dative στέρφει / στέρφεῐ̈
stérphei / stérpheï 		στερφέοιν
sterphéoin 		στέρφεσῐ / στέρφεσῐν
stérphesi(n)
Accusative στέρφος
stérphos 		στέρφει / στέρφεε
stérphei / stérphee 		στέρφεᾰ
stérphea
Vocative στέρφος
stérphos 		στέρφει / στέρφεε
stérphei / stérphee 		στέρφεᾰ
stérphea
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 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, page 1402

Further reading

“στέρφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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