ὄφις

See also: όφις and Όφις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *ókʷʰis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ógʷʰis (“snake”). Cognates include Sanskrit अहि (áhi), Avestan 𐬀𐬲𐬌- (aži-) and Old Armenian իժ (iž).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ὄφῐς • (óphis) m (genitive ὄφεως or ὄφιος); third declension

  1. a serpent, snake
  2. serpentine bracelet
  3. (astronomy) the constellation Serpens
  4. a type of creeping plant

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ ὄφῐς; τοῦ ὄφεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ὄφῐς
ho óphis		 τὼ ὄφει
tṑ óphei		 οἱ ὄφεις
hoi ópheis
Genitive τοῦ ὄφεως
toû ópheōs		 τοῖν ὀφέοιν
toîn ophéoin		 τῶν ὄφεων
tôn ópheōn
Dative τῷ ὄφει
tôi óphei		 τοῖν ὀφέοιν
toîn ophéoin		 τοῖς ὄφεσῐ / ὄφεσῐν
toîs óphesi(n)
Accusative τὸν ὄφῐν
tòn óphin		 τὼ ὄφει
tṑ óphei		 τοὺς ὄφεις
toùs ópheis
Vocative ὄφῐ
óphi		 ὄφει
óphei		 ὄφεις
ópheis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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Derived terms

Descendants
  • Byzantine Greek: ὄφις (óphis), ὄφης m, ὄφιος m, ὀφίδιον n (ophídion), ὀφίδιν n (ophídin), ὀφίδι n, φίδιν n (phídin), φίδι n
    • Modern Greek: φίδι (fídi), όφιος m (rare, literary)
    • Mariupol Greek: фидъ (fið)
  • → Coptic: ⲟⲃⲓⲟⲛ m (obion)

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