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ὄρφνη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὄρφνη

Structure: ὀρφν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. darkness of night, night
  2. darkness of the nether world

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὄρφνη ό̓ρφνᾱ ό̓ρφναι
Genitive ό̓ρφνης ό̓ρφναιν ὀρφνῶν
Dative ό̓ρφνῃ ό̓ρφναιν ό̓ρφναις
Accusative ό̓ρφνην ό̓ρφνᾱ ό̓ρφνᾱς
Vocative ό̓ρφνη ό̓ρφνᾱ ό̓ρφναι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τίνι προσεικάσω, ὅστισ δι’ ὄρφνησ ἦλθ’ ἀδειμάντῳ ποδὶ διά τε τάξεων καὶ φυλάκων ἕδρασ; (Euripides, Rhesus, choral, strophe 14)
  • λεύσσω δὲ φῶτε περιπολοῦνθ’ ἡμῶν στρατὸν πυκνῆσ δι’ ὄρφνησ· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic11)
  • ἀλλά τισ ὄρφνησ δειμαίνοι μεθύων ἀτραπὸν ὑετίην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 398 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. darkness of night

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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