μορφή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown. Many attempts have been made to connect it with Latin forma (see there for theory of its origin), but the proposed relationship is problematic. Possibly of Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mor.pʰɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /morˈpʰe/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /morˈɸi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /morˈfi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /morˈfi/
Noun
μορφή • (morphḗ) f (genitive μορφῆς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μορφή hē morphḗ |
τὼ μορφᾱ́ tṑ morphā́ |
αἱ μορφαί hai morphaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μορφῆς tês morphês |
τοῖν μορφαῖν toîn morphaîn |
τῶν μορφῶν tôn morphôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μορφῇ têi morphêi |
τοῖν μορφαῖν toîn morphaîn |
ταῖς μορφαῖς taîs morphaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μορφήν tḕn morphḗn |
τὼ μορφᾱ́ tṑ morphā́ |
τᾱ̀ς μορφᾱ́ς tā̀s morphā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μορφή morphḗ |
μορφᾱ́ morphā́ |
μορφαί morphaí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: μορφή f (morfí)
Further reading
- μορφή in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μορφή in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μορφή in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μορφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- μορφή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G3444 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- appearance idem, page 35.
- fashion idem, page 308.
- figure idem, page 319.
- form idem, page 338.
- shape idem, page 762.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ).
Declension
Related terms
- αγγελόμορφος (angelómorfos, “angelic”)
- αμεταμόρφωτος (ametamórfotos, “untransformed”)
- αμορφία f (amorfía, “shapelessness”)
- αμορφοποίητος (amorfopoíitos, “unshaped”)
- άμορφος (ámorfos, “amorphous, shapeless”)
- μεταμορφώνω (metamorfóno, “to transform”)
- όμορφος (ómorfos, “beautiful”)
- and compare with: μόρφωση f (mórfosi, “education”)
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