Ὀρφεύς

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Uncertain, but a link to Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos has been proposed, suggesting a common origin with Sanskrit अर्भ (árbha), Latin orbus (orphaned), Old High German erbi, arbi (German Erbe (heir)), and Old English ierfa (heir).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ὀρφεύς (Orpheúsm (genitive Ὀρφέως); third declension

  1. Orpheus

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Ορφεύς (Orféfs)
  • Latin: Orpheus

References

  1. ^ Cobb, Noel. Archetypal Imagination, Hudson, New York: Lindisfarne Press, p. 240. →ISBN

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