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Ancient Greek
Etymology
ὗς (hûs) + φέρβω (phérbō) + -ός (-ós); compare φορβή (phorbḗ, “food, fodder”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hy.pʰor.bós/ → /y.ɸorˈβos/ → /i.forˈvos/
Noun
ὑφορβός • (huphorbós) m (genitive ὑφορβοῦ); second declension
- swineherd
- Synonym: συφορβός (suphorbós)
Declension
Further reading
- “ὑφορβός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὑφορβός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ὑφορβός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ὑφορβός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ὑφορβός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963