δίφθογγος Ancient Greek · revision 3154

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=2nd–1st century BC, Dionysius Thrax|origins=grc φθόγγος}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (4th-century AD Koine): /ˈðiɸ.θoŋ.ɡos/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (10th-century Byzantine): /ˈðif.θoŋ.ɡos/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''δῐ́φθογγος''' (díphthongos) ''m'' or f (neuter δῐ́φθογγον); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[δι-|tr=di-|t=two]] and [[φθόγγος|tr=phthóngos|t=sound]]: “having two sounds”.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The grammar of Dionysius Thrax uses the feminine as a noun for a diphthong.^(LSJ 1940)^(DGE)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Grammarians and writers on style such as Demetrius, Apollonius Dyscolus and Aristides Quintilianus used it for a diphthong, a combination of two vowels in one syllable.^(DGE)^(Triantafyllidis 1998) Herodian has a neuter form.^(DGE)^(LSJ 1940) Tzetzes uses the adjective “with two sounds”.^(LSJ 1940)^(DGE) Theodore Prodromos uses it jokingly for a word repeated twice.^(Kriaras)

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+ Modern Greek [[m|el|δίφθογγος|tr=dífthongos]] is a learned word for a diphthong, used in both genders, the masculine adapted to the spoken language.^(Triantafyllidis 1998)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 2nd–1st century BC – Dionysius Thrax uses it for a diphthong.^(LSJ 1940)^(DGE)

+ * 2nd century AD – Apollonius Dyscolus uses it.^(LSJ 1940)^(DGE)

+ * 2nd century AD – Herodian uses a neuter form.^(LSJ 1940)^(DGE)

+ * 12th century – Theodore Prodromos uses it for a word said twice.^(Kriaras)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(grammar)'' A [[m|en|diphthong]].^(LSJ 1940)^(DGE)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Having two sounds; diphthongal.^(LSJ 1940)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[διφθογγογραφέω|tr=diphthongographéō]]

+ * [[δίφθογγον|tr=díphthongon]]

+ * [[διφθογγόομαι|tr=diphthongóomai]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[φθόγγος|tr=phthóngos]]

+ * [[en|diphthong]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}