ὕφεαρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unexplained. Traditionally derived from φύω (phúō, “to grow”), with a prefix ὑ- (hu-), following the explanation in Hesychius, who described it as “what grows on firs”. But, since a full grade φευ- (pheu-) does not definitively occur in Greek, such a derivation is implausible. Nor is this word related to σῦφαρ (sûphar, “old, wrinkled skin”).^[1] Likely Pre-Greek, given its meaning and the ending -ᾰρ (-ăr).^[2]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hý.pʰe.ar/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)y.pʰe.ar/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.ɸe.ar/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.fe.ar/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.fe.ar/

Noun

ὕφεᾰρ • (húpheăr) n (genitive ὑφέᾰρος); third declension

(in Arcadia) mistletoe (Viscum album)
Synonym: ἰξός (ixós)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ὕφεᾰρ; τοῦ ὑφέᾰρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὕφεᾰρ tò húpheăr	τὼ ὑφέᾰρε tṑ huphéăre	τᾰ̀ ὑφέᾰρᾰ tằ huphéără
Genitive	τοῦ ὑφέᾰρος toû huphéăros	τοῖν ὑφεᾰ́ροιν toîn hupheắroin	τῶν ὑφεᾰ́ρων tôn hupheắrōn
Dative	τῷ ὑφέᾰρῐ tôi huphéărĭ	τοῖν ὑφεᾰ́ροιν toîn hupheắroin	τοῖς ὑφέᾰρσῐ / ὑφέᾰρσῐν toîs huphéărsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ ὕφεᾰρ tò húpheăr	τὼ ὑφέᾰρε tṑ huphéăre	τᾰ̀ ὑφέᾰρᾰ tằ huphéără
Vocative	ὕφεᾰρ húpheăr	ὑφέᾰρε huphéăre	ὑφέᾰρᾰ huphéără
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὕφεαρ, -εαρος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1540–1541
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2014) Stefan Norbruis, editor, Pre-Greek: Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 32: “27 -αρ”

ὕφεαρ

Ancient Greek

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