στριφνός

See also: στρίφνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Reminiscent of στιφρός (stiphrós), στέριφος (stériphos), στρυφνός (struphnós), perhaps a contamination. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter(h₁)- (“to be stiff; be rigid; exert”) and related to Proto-Germanic *stribāną (“to strive”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stri.pʰnós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /striˈpʰnos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /striˈɸnos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /striˈfnos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /striˈfnos/

Adjective

στρῐφνός • (strĭphnós) m (feminine στρῐφνή, neuter στρῐφνόν); first/second declension

firm, hard, solid, rigid
Synonym: στερεός (stereós)

Inflection

First and second declension of στρῐφνός; στρῐφνή; στρῐφνόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	στρῐφνός strĭphnós	στρῐφνή strĭphnḗ	στρῐφνόν strĭphnón	στρῐφνώ strĭphnṓ	στρῐφνᾱ́ strĭphnā́	στρῐφνώ strĭphnṓ	στρῐφνοί strĭphnoí	στρῐφναί strĭphnaí	στρῐφνᾰ́ strĭphnắ
Genitive	στρῐφνοῦ strĭphnoû	στρῐφνῆς strĭphnês	στρῐφνοῦ strĭphnoû	στρῐφνοῖν strĭphnoîn	στρῐφναῖν strĭphnaîn	στρῐφνοῖν strĭphnoîn	στρῐφνῶν strĭphnôn	στρῐφνῶν strĭphnôn	στρῐφνῶν strĭphnôn
Dative	στρῐφνῷ strĭphnôi	στρῐφνῇ strĭphnêi	στρῐφνῷ strĭphnôi	στρῐφνοῖν strĭphnoîn	στρῐφναῖν strĭphnaîn	στρῐφνοῖν strĭphnoîn	στρῐφνοῖς strĭphnoîs	στρῐφναῖς strĭphnaîs	στρῐφνοῖς strĭphnoîs
Accusative	στρῐφνόν strĭphnón	στρῐφνήν strĭphnḗn	στρῐφνόν strĭphnón	στρῐφνώ strĭphnṓ	στρῐφνᾱ́ strĭphnā́	στρῐφνώ strĭphnṓ	στρῐφνούς strĭphnoús	στρῐφνᾱ́ς strĭphnā́s	στρῐφνᾰ́ strĭphnắ
Vocative	στρῐφνέ strĭphné	στρῐφνή strĭphnḗ	στρῐφνόν strĭphnón	στρῐφνώ strĭphnṓ	στρῐφνᾱ́ strĭphnā́	στρῐφνώ strĭphnṓ	στρῐφνοί strĭphnoí	στρῐφναί strĭphnaí	στρῐφνᾰ́ strĭphnắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	στρῐφνῶς strĭphnôs			στρῐφνότερος strĭphnóteros			στρῐφνότᾰτος strĭphnótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

στρῐ́φνος (strĭ́phnos)
στρῐφνότης (strĭphnótēs)

στριφνός

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