"Ὀρφεύς" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Ὀρφεύς in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /or.pʰěu̯s/, /orˈɸeɸs/, /orˈfefs/, /or.pʰěu̯s/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /orˈpʰews/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /orˈɸeɸs/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /orˈfefs/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /orˈfefs/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Uncertain, but a link to Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos has been proposed, suggesting a common origin with Sanskrit अर्भ (árbha), Latin orbus (“orphaned”), Old High German erbi, arbi (German Erbe (“heir”)), and Old English ierfa (“heir”). Etymology templates: {{unc|grc}} Uncertain, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*h₃órbʰos}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos, {{cog|sa|अर्भ|tr=árbha}} Sanskrit अर्भ (árbha), {{cog|la|orbus||orphaned}} Latin orbus (“orphaned”), {{cog|goh|erbi}} Old High German erbi, {{cog|de|Erbe||heir}} German Erbe (“heir”), {{cog|ang|ierfa||heir}} Old English ierfa (“heir”) Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Ὀρφέως|m|third}} Ὀρφεύς • (Orpheús) m (genitive Ὀρφέως); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Ὀρφεύς|έως|form=S}}, {{grc-decl|Ὀρφεύς|έως|dial=epi|form=S}}, {{grc-decl|Ὀρφεύς|έως|dial=ion|form=S}} Forms: Orpheús [romanization], Ὀρφέως [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ Ὀρφεύς [nominative, singular], τοῦ Ὀρφέως [genitive, singular], τῷ Ὀρφεῖ [dative, singular], τὸν Ὀρφέᾱ [accusative, singular], Ὀρφεῦ [singular, vocative], Epic declension-3 [table-tags], Ὀρφεύς [nominative, singular], Ὀρφῆος [genitive, singular], Ὀρφέος [genitive, singular], Ὀρφῆῐ̈ [dative, singular], Ὀρφέῐ̈ [dative, singular], Ὀρφῆᾰ [accusative, singular], Ὀρφέᾰ [accusative, singular], Ὀρφεῦ [singular, vocative], declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ Ὀρφεύς [nominative, singular], τοῦ Ὀρφέος [genitive, singular], τῷ Ὀρφέῐ̈ [dative, singular], Ὀρφεῖ [dative, singular], τὸν Ὀρφέᾰ [accusative, singular], Ὀρφεῦ [singular, vocative]
  1. Orpheus Wikipedia link: Orpheus Derived forms: Ὀρφῐκός (Orphikós), Ὄρφειος (Órpheios)
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        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns",
        "Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the third declension",
        "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek proper nouns",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Ancient Greek third-declension proper nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Orpheus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Orpheus",
          "Orpheus"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Orpheus"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/or.pʰěu̯s/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/orˈɸeɸs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/orˈfefs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/or.pʰěu̯s/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/orˈpʰews/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/orˈɸeɸs/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/orˈfefs/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/orˈfefs/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ὀρφεύς"
}

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