λόφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly from the same source as Old English hlifian (“to raise up, tower, stand out”).[1] Or, from the same source as Tocharian A [Term?] (lap, “head”).[2]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ló.pʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.pʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.ɸos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.fos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.fos/

Noun

λόφος • (lóphos) m (genitive λόφου); second declension

the back of the neck, the withers of a horse, the nape of a man
the crest of a hill, a ridge
the crest of a helmet
(after Homer) the crest or tuft on the head of a bird, be it a crest of feathers or a comb of flesh
(of men) a tuft of hair upon the crown
(of large fishes) Synonym of λοφιά (lophiá)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ λόφος; τοῦ λόφου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λόφος ho lóphos	τὼ λόφω tṑ lóphō	οἱ λόφοι hoi lóphoi
Genitive	τοῦ λόφου toû lóphou	τοῖν λόφοιν toîn lóphoin	τῶν λόφων tôn lóphōn
Dative	τῷ λόφῳ tôi lóphōi	τοῖν λόφοιν toîn lóphoin	τοῖς λόφοις toîs lóphois
Accusative	τὸν λόφον tòn lóphon	τὼ λόφω tṑ lóphō	τοὺς λόφους toùs lóphous
Vocative	λόφε lóphe	λόφω lóphō	λόφοι lóphoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἑπταλόφος (heptalóphos)
Χῖος λόφος (Khîos lóphos)

Descendants

Greek: λόφος (lófos)

References

“λόφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
λόφος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Rees, A. (1819). The Cyclopaedia; Or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature: In Thirty-nine Volumes. Generation - Gre. United Kingdom: Longman.
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “λόφος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 873-74

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λόφος (lóphos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlo.fos/
Hyphenation: λό‧φος

Noun

λόφος • (lófos) m (plural λόφοι)

hill

Declension

declension of λόφος

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	λόφος •	λόφοι •
genitive	λόφου •	λόφων •
accusative	λόφο •	λόφους •
vocative	λόφε •	λόφοι •

Synonyms

ύψωμα n (ýpsoma)

Derived terms

λοφάκι n (lofáki, “hillock”)
λοφίσκος m (lofískos, “hillock”)

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[1] Rees, A. (1819). The Cyclopaedia; Or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature: In Thirty-nine Volumes. Generation - Gre. United Kingdom: Longman.

[2] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “λόφος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 873-74