μομφή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μέμφομαι (mémphomai, “to blame, censure”) +‎ -ηいーた (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mom.pʰɛ̌ː/ → /momˈɸi/ → /momˈfi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mom.pʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /momˈpʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /momˈɸi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /momˈfi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /momˈfi/

Noun

μομφή • (momphḗ) f (genitive μみゅーοおみくろんμみゅーφふぁいῆς); first declension

1. (poetic) blame, reproof, cause of complaint

   Synonyms: μέμψῐς (mémpsis), ὄνειδος (óneidos), ψόγος (psógos)

Declension

First declension of ἡ μομφή; τたうῆς μみゅーοおみくろんμみゅーφふぁいῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μομφή hē momphḗ	τたうὼ μみゅーοおみくろんμみゅーφふぁいᾱ́ tṑ momphā́	αあるふぁἱ μομφαί hai momphaí
Genitive	τたうῆς μみゅーοおみくろんμみゅーφふぁいῆς tês momphês	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー μομφαῖνにゅー toîn momphaîn	τたうῶνにゅー μみゅーοおみくろんμみゅーφふぁいῶνにゅー tôn momphôn
Dative	τたうῇ μみゅーοおみくろんμみゅーφふぁいῇ têi momphêi	τたうοおみくろんῖνにゅー μομφαῖνにゅー toîn momphaîn	τたうαあるふぁῖς μομφαῖς taîs momphaîs
Accusative	τたうὴνにゅー μομφήν tḕn momphḗn	τたうὼ μみゅーοおみくろんμみゅーφふぁいᾱ́ tṑ momphā́	τたうᾱ̀ς μみゅーοおみくろんμみゅーφふぁいᾱ́ς tā̀s momphā́s
Vocative	μομφή momphḗ	μみゅーοおみくろんμみゅーφふぁいᾱ́ momphā́	μομφαί momphaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μομφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μομφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette