λόφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from the same Indo-European source as Tocharian A lap (“head”) and Proto-Slavic *lъbъ (“skull”).[1]

In 1819, Rees thought it to be akin to Old English hlifian (“to raise up, tower, stand out”).[2]

Pronunciation
 

Noun

λόφος • (lóphos) m (genitive λόφου); second declension

  1. the back of the neck, the withers (of a horse), the nape (of a person)
  2. the crest (of a hill), a ridge
  3. the crest (of a helmet)
  4. (after Homer) the crest or tuft on the head of a bird; comb (of flesh)
  5. a tuft of hair (upon the crown of a person)
  6. Synonym of λοφιά (lophiá)

Declension
Second declension of ὁ λόφος; τοῦ λόφου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ λόφος
ho lóphos		 τὼ λόφω
tṑ lóphō		 οἱ λόφοι
hoi lóphoi
Genitive τοῦ λόφου
toû lóphou		 τοῖν λόφοιν
toîn lóphoin		 τῶν λόφων
tôn lóphōn
Dative τῷ λόφῳ
tôi lóphōi		 τοῖν λόφοιν
toîn lóphoin		 τοῖς λόφοις
toîs lóphois
Accusative τὸν λόφον
tòn lóphon		 τὼ λόφω
tṑ lóphō		 τοὺς λόφους
toùs lóphous
Vocative λόφε
lóphe		 λόφω
lóphō		 λόφοι
lóphoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Greek: λόφος (lófos)

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λόφος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 873-74
  2. Rees, A. (1819). The Cyclopaedia; Or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature: In Thirty-nine Volumes. Generation - Gre. United Kingdom: Longman.

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λόφος (lóphos).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlo.fos/
  • Hyphenation: λό‧φος

Noun

λόφος • (lófos) m (plural λόφοι)

  1. hill

Declension
declension of λόφος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative λόφος • λόφοι •
genitive λόφου • λόφων •
accusative λόφο • λόφους •
vocative λόφε • λόφοι •

Synonyms

Derived terms
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