ὁλοπόρφυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὅλος (hólos, “whole”) +‎ πορφύρα (porphúra, “purple dye”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ho.lo.pór.pʰy.ros/ → /o.loˈpor.ɸy.ros/ → /o.loˈpor.fi.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ho.lo.pór.pʰy.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)o.loˈpor.pʰy.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.loˈpor.ɸy.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.loˈpor.fy.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.loˈpor.fi.ros/

Adjective

ὁλοπόρφῠρος • (holopórphuros) m or f (neuter ὁλοπόρφῠρον); second declension

1. all purple

Declension

Second declension of ὁλοπόρφῠρος; ὁλοπόρφῠρον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὁλοπόρφῠρος holopórphuros	ὁλοπόρφῠρον holopórphuron		ὁλοπορφῠ́ρω holoporphúrō	ὁλοπορφῠ́ρω holoporphúrō		ὁλοπόρφῠροι holopórphuroi	ὁλοπόρφῠρᾰ holopórphura
Genitive		ὁλοπορφῠ́ρου holoporphúrou	ὁλοπορφῠ́ρου holoporphúrou		ὁλοπορφῠ́ροιν holoporphúroin	ὁλοπορφῠ́ροιν holoporphúroin		ὁλοπορφῠ́ρων holoporphúrōn	ὁλοπορφῠ́ρων holoporphúrōn
Dative		ὁλοπορφῠ́ρῳ holoporphúrōi	ὁλοπορφῠ́ρῳ holoporphúrōi		ὁλοπορφῠ́ροιν holoporphúroin	ὁλοπορφῠ́ροιν holoporphúroin		ὁλοπορφῠ́ροις holoporphúrois	ὁλοπορφῠ́ροις holoporphúrois
Accusative		ὁλοπόρφῠρον holopórphuron	ὁλοπόρφῠρον holopórphuron		ὁλοπορφῠ́ρω holoporphúrō	ὁλοπορφῠ́ρω holoporphúrō		ὁλοπορφῠ́ρους holoporphúrous	ὁλοπόρφῠρᾰ holopórphura
Vocative		ὁλοπόρφῠρε holopórphure	ὁλοπόρφῠρον holopórphuron		ὁλοπορφῠ́ρω holoporphúrō	ὁλοπορφῠ́ρω holoporphúrō		ὁλοπόρφῠροι holopórphuroi	ὁλοπόρφῠρᾰ holopórphura
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ὁλοπορφῠ́ρως holoporphúrōs			ὁλοπορφῠρώτερος holoporphurṓteros			ὁλοπορφῠρώτᾰτος holoporphurṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὁλοπόρφυρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὁλοπόρφυρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette