Furnée connects this word with τίφυον (típhuon, “squill”). Nevertheless, a Pre-Greek word is probable a priori.
ῑ̓́φῠον • (ī́phuon) n (genitive ῑ̓φύου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ῑ̓́φῠον tò ī́phuon |
τὼ ῑ̓φῠ́ω tṑ īphúō |
τᾰ̀ ῑ̓́φῠᾰ tà ī́phua | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ῑ̓φῠ́ου toû īphúou |
τοῖν ῑ̓φῠ́οιν toîn īphúoin |
τῶν ῑ̓φῠ́ων tôn īphúōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ῑ̓φῠ́ῳ tôi īphúōi |
τοῖν ῑ̓φῠ́οιν toîn īphúoin |
τοῖς ῑ̓φῠ́οις toîs īphúois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ῑ̓́φῠον tò ī́phuon |
τὼ ῑ̓φῠ́ω tṑ īphúō |
τᾰ̀ ῑ̓́φῠᾰ tà ī́phua | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῑ̓́φῠον ī́phuon |
ῑ̓φῠ́ω īphúō |
ῑ̓́φῠᾰ ī́phua | ||||||||||
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