τῦφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from the verb τύφω (túphō, “to smoke”).

Pronunciation
 

Verb

τῦφος • (tûphos) m (genitive τύφου); second declension

  1. a kind of fever
  2. delusion, vanity
  3. nonsense

Declension
Second declension of ὁ τῦφος; τοῦ τῡ́φου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ τῦφος
ho tûphos		 τὼ τῡ́φω
tṑ tū́phō		 οἱ τῦφοι
hoi tûphoi
Genitive τοῦ τῡ́φου
toû tū́phou		 τοῖν τῡ́φοιν
toîn tū́phoin		 τῶν τῡ́φων
tôn tū́phōn
Dative τῷ τῡ́φῳ
tôi tū́phōi		 τοῖν τῡ́φοιν
toîn tū́phoin		 τοῖς τῡ́φοις
toîs tū́phois
Accusative τὸν τῦφον
tòn tûphon		 τὼ τῡ́φω
tṑ tū́phō		 τοὺς τῡ́φους
toùs tū́phous
Vocative τῦφε
tûphe		 τῡ́φω
tū́phō		 τῦφοι
tûphoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: τύφος (týfos)
  • → New Latin: typhus

Further reading
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