Ἶφις

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἶφι (îphi, by force or might, Epic adverb) +‎ -ις (-is, feminine nouns suffix)

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἶφῐς (Îphisf (genitive Ῑ̓́φῐδος); third declension

  1. Iphis

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: Ίφις (Ífis)
  • Latin: Īphis

References

  • Ἶφις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014