ἄλφιτον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰi-. Cognates include Albanian elb.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἄλφιτον • (álphiton) n (genitive ἀλφίτου); second declension

  1. barley-groats
  2. meal, groats
  3. (figuratively) one's daily bread, bread and cheese

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ἄλφιτον; τοῦ ἀλφίτου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἄλφιτον
tò álphiton		 τὼ ἀλφίτω
tṑ alphítō		 τᾰ̀ ἄλφιτᾰ
tà álphita
Genitive τοῦ ἀλφίτου
toû alphítou		 τοῖν ἀλφίτοιν
toîn alphítoin		 τῶν ἀλφίτων
tôn alphítōn
Dative τῷ ἀλφίτῳ
tôi alphítōi		 τοῖν ἀλφίτοιν
toîn alphítoin		 τοῖς ἀλφίτοις
toîs alphítois
Accusative τὸ ἄλφιτον
tò álphiton		 τὼ ἀλφίτω
tṑ alphítō		 τᾰ̀ ἄλφιτᾰ
tà álphita
Vocative ἄλφιτον
álphiton		 ἀλφίτω
alphítō		 ἄλφιτᾰ
álphita
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

See also
  • ἄλφι (álphi)

References
  • ἄλφιτον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ἄλφιτον in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ἄλφιτον in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἄλφιτον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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