Ἰφθίμη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Feminine form of ἴφθῑμος (íphthīmos, “strong, stout”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ipʰ.tʰǐː.mɛː/ → /iɸˈθi.mi/ → /ifˈθi.mi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ipʰ.tʰǐː.mɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ipʰˈtʰi.me̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iɸˈθi.mi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ifˈθi.mi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ifˈθi.mi/

Proper noun

Ἰφθῑ́μη • (Iphthī́mē) f (genitive Ἰφθῑ́μης); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Iphthime, wife of Eumelus and daughter of Icarius

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἰφθῑ́μη; τῆς Ἰφθῑ́μης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἰφθῑ́μη hē Iphthī́mē
Genitive	τῆς Ἰφθῑ́μης tês Iphthī́mēs
Dative	τῇ Ἰφθῑ́μῃ têi Iphthī́mēi
Accusative	τὴν Ἰφθῑ́μην tḕn Iphthī́mēn
Vocative	Ἰφθῑ́μη Iphthī́mē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Iphthīme

Further reading

• “Ἰφθίμη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἰφθίμη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette