τάρφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Usually derived from τρέφω (tréphō, “to feed”) but the development is irregular and the semantics are not compelling.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

τάρφος • (tárphos) n (genitive τάρφεος); third declension

  1. thicket, shrubbery

Inflection
Third declension of τᾰ́ρφος; τᾰ́ρφεος (Epic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τᾰ́ρφος
tárphos		 τᾰ́ρφει / τᾰ́ρφεε
tárphei / tárphee		 τᾰ́ρφεᾰ
tárphea
Genitive τᾰ́ρφεος / τᾰ́ρφευς
tárpheos / tárpheus		 τᾰρφέοιν
tarphéoin		 τᾰρφέων
tarphéōn
Dative τᾰ́ρφει / τᾰ́ρφεῐ̈
tárphei / tárpheï		 τᾰρφέοιν
tarphéoin		 τᾰ́ρφεσῐ / τᾰ́ρφεσῐν
tárphesi(n)
Accusative τᾰ́ρφος
tárphos		 τᾰ́ρφει / τᾰ́ρφεε
tárphei / tárphee		 τᾰ́ρφεᾰ
tárphea
Vocative τᾰ́ρφος
tárphos		 τᾰ́ρφει / τᾰ́ρφεε
tárphei / tárphee		 τᾰ́ρφεᾰ
tárphea
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms
  • ταρφύς (tarphús)

Further reading
  • “τάρφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “τάρφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “τάρφος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • τάρφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • τάρφος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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