ἀλφός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *albʰós (“white”). Cognates include Latin albus (“white”), Hittite 𒀠𒉺𒀸 (alpas, “cloud”), Umbrian 𐌀𐌋𐌚𐌖 (alfu, “white”) and Middle Welsh elbid (“world”). Doublet of ἄλβος (álbos).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ᾰ̓λφός • (alphós) m (genitive ᾰ̓λφοῦ); second declension

  1. alphos, a type of non-contagious leprosy typified by dull white lesions.

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ᾰ̓λφός; τοῦ ᾰ̓λφοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ᾰ̓λφός
ho alphós		 τὼ ᾰ̓λφώ
tṑ alphṓ		 οἱ ᾰ̓λφοί
hoi alphoí
Genitive τοῦ ᾰ̓λφοῦ
toû alphoû		 τοῖν ᾰ̓λφοῖν
toîn alphoîn		 τῶν ᾰ̓λφῶν
tôn alphôn
Dative τῷ ᾰ̓λφῷ
tôi alphôi		 τοῖν ᾰ̓λφοῖν
toîn alphoîn		 τοῖς ᾰ̓λφοῖς
toîs alphoîs
Accusative τὸν ᾰ̓λφόν
tòn alphón		 τὼ ᾰ̓λφώ
tṑ alphṓ		 τοὺς ᾰ̓λφούς
toùs alphoús
Vocative ᾰ̓λφέ
alphé		 ᾰ̓λφώ
alphṓ		 ᾰ̓λφοί
alphoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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