"μορφή" meaning in Ancient Greek

See μορφή in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mor.pʰɛ̌ː/, /morˈɸi/, /morˈfi/, /mor.pʰɛ̌ː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /morˈpʰe̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /morˈɸi/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /morˈfi/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /morˈfi/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Unknown. Possibly of Pre-Greek origin. * Many attempts have been made to connect it with Latin fōrma (see there for theory of its origin), but the proposed relationship is problematic. * An alternative relationship has been proposed with Baltic terms like Latgalian mārga (“daughter, lass”) and Lithuanian merga (“girl”), with a semantic shift "shape" > "lovely shape" > "girl". Etymology templates: {{unk|grc}} Unknown, {{der|grc|qsb-grc}} Pre-Greek, {{m|la|fōrma}} fōrma, {{ncog|bat|-}} Baltic, {{ncog|ltg|mārga||daughter, lass}} Latgalian mārga (“daughter, lass”), {{ncog|lt|mergina|merga|girl}} Lithuanian merga (“girl”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|μορφῆς|f|first}} μορφή • (morphḗ) f (genitive μορφῆς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μορφή|ῆς}} Forms: morphḗ [romanization], μορφῆς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ μορφή [nominative, singular], τὼ μορφᾱ́ [dual, nominative], αἱ μορφαί [nominative, plural], τῆς μορφῆς [genitive, singular], τοῖν μορφαῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν μορφῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ μορφῇ [dative, singular], τοῖν μορφαῖν [dative, dual], ταῖς μορφαῖς [dative, plural], τὴν μορφήν [accusative, singular], τὼ μορφᾱ́ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς μορφᾱ́ς [accusative, plural], μορφή [singular, vocative], μορφᾱ́ [dual, vocative], μορφαί [plural, vocative]
  1. shape, form
    Sense id: en-μορφή-grc-noun-yzMp5CiQ Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 36 14 43 7 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 35 15 42 7
  2. appearance
    Sense id: en-μορφή-grc-noun-bRYi0PK8 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 36 14 43 7 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 35 15 42 7
  3. outline
    Sense id: en-μορφή-grc-noun-MYZ4glMk Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 36 14 43 7 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 35 15 42 7 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 32 24 40 4
  4. kind, type
    Sense id: en-μορφή-grc-noun-8JqBfsf5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Μορφεύς (Morpheús), μορφόω (morphóō), πεντᾰ́μορφος (pentámorphos), τετρᾰ́μορφος (tetrámorphos)

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      "roman": "Morpheús",
      "word": "Μορφεύς"
    },
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      "roman": "morphóō",
      "word": "μορφόω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "pentámorphos",
      "word": "πεντᾰ́μορφος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tetrámorphos",
      "word": "τετρᾰ́μορφος"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: μορφή f (morfí)"
    }
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "qsb-grc"
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      "expansion": "Pre-Greek",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "fōrma"
      },
      "expansion": "fōrma",
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    },
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "mārga",
        "3": "",
        "4": "daughter, lass"
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        "4": "girl"
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  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Possibly of Pre-Greek origin.\n* Many attempts have been made to connect it with Latin fōrma (see there for theory of its origin), but the proposed relationship is problematic.\n* An alternative relationship has been proposed with Baltic terms like Latgalian mārga (“daughter, lass”) and Lithuanian merga (“girl”), with a semantic shift \"shape\" > \"lovely shape\" > \"girl\".",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "μορφῆς",
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        "genitive"
      ]
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      "form": "First declension",
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      "tags": [
        "class"
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      "form": "ἡ μορφή",
      "roman": "hē morphḗ",
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      "form": "τὼ μορφᾱ́",
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    {
      "form": "αἱ μορφαί",
      "roman": "hai morphaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τῆς μορφῆς",
      "roman": "tês morphês",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μορφαῖν",
      "roman": "toîn morphaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μορφῶν",
      "roman": "tôn morphôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ μορφῇ",
      "roman": "têi morphêi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μορφαῖν",
      "roman": "toîn morphaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς μορφαῖς",
      "roman": "taîs morphaîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν μορφήν",
      "roman": "tḕn morphḗn",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "τᾱ̀ς μορφᾱ́ς",
      "roman": "tā̀s morphā́s",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "μορφή",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "μορφᾱ́",
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "roman": "morphaí",
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        "vocative"
      ]
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        }
      ],
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      "glosses": [
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      "id": "en-μορφή-grc-noun-8JqBfsf5",
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          "kind"
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        [
          "type",
          "type"
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/mor.pʰɛ̌ː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/morˈɸi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/morˈfi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mor.pʰɛ̌ː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/morˈpʰe̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/morˈɸi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/morˈfi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/morˈfi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μορφή"
}
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    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
    "Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies"
  ],
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      "roman": "Morpheús",
      "word": "Μορφεύς"
    },
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      "roman": "morphóō",
      "word": "μορφόω"
    },
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      "roman": "pentámorphos",
      "word": "πεντᾰ́μορφος"
    },
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    }
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      "form": "morphḗ",
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      "form": "μορφῆς",
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        "genitive"
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "τοῖν μορφαῖν",
      "roman": "toîn morphaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μορφῶν",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "τῇ μορφῇ",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μορφαῖν",
      "roman": "toîn morphaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς μορφαῖς",
      "roman": "taîs morphaîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν μορφήν",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "τὼ μορφᾱ́",
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    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς μορφᾱ́ς",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "μορφή",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μορφᾱ́",
      "roman": "morphā́",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μορφαί",
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        "plural",
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "shape, form"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "shape",
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        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "appearance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "outline"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "outline",
          "outline"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "kind, type"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kind",
          "kind"
        ],
        [
          "type",
          "type"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/morˈɸi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/morˈfi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mor.pʰɛ̌ː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/morˈpʰe̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/morˈɸi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/morˈfi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/morˈfi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μορφή"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.