γλυφή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γλύφω (glúphō, “to carve”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡly.pʰɛ̌ː/ → /ɣlyˈɸi/ → /ɣliˈfi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡly.pʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡlyˈpʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣlyˈɸi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣlyˈfi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣliˈfi/

Noun

γλῠφή • (gluphḗ) f (genitive γλῠφῆς); first declension

1. carving, carved work
2. hole cut

Inflection

First declension of ἡ γλῠφή; τῆς γλῠφῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γλῠφή hē gluphḗ	τὼ γλῠφᾱ́ tṑ gluphā́	αἱ γλῠφαί hai gluphaí
Genitive	τῆς γλῠφῆς tês gluphês	τοῖν γλῠφαῖν toîn gluphaîn	τῶν γλῠφῶν tôn gluphôn
Dative	τῇ γλῠφῇ têi gluphêi	τοῖν γλῠφαῖν toîn gluphaîn	ταῖς γλῠφαῖς taîs gluphaîs
Accusative	τὴν γλῠφήν tḕn gluphḗn	τὼ γλῠφᾱ́ tṑ gluphā́	τᾱ̀ς γλῠφᾱ́ς tā̀s gluphā́s
Vocative	γλῠφή gluphḗ	γλῠφᾱ́ gluphā́	γλῠφαί gluphaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → French: glyphe (learned)
  • → English: glyph
  • → Finnish: glyyfi
  • → Italian: glifo
  • → Portuguese: glifo
  • → Russian: глиф (glif)
  • → Spanish: glifo
• Greek: γλυφή f (glyfí)

References

• “γλυφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γλυφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γλυφή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• γλυφή in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣliˈfi/

Adjective

γλυφή • (glyfí)

1. nominative/accusative/vocative feminine singular of γλυφός (glyfós)