δαφνῖτις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δᾰ́φνη (dắphnē, “laurel”) +‎ -ῖτις (-îtis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /da.pʰnîː.tis/ → /ðaˈɸni.tis/ → /ðaˈfni.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /da.pʰnîː.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /daˈpʰni.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈɸni.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈfni.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðaˈfni.tis/

Noun

δᾰφνῖτῐς • (dăphnîtĭs) f (genitive δᾰφνῑ́τῐδος); third declension

1. spurge-laurel (Daphne laureola)
2. periwinkle (Vinca herbacea)

   Synonym: χᾰμαιδᾰ́φνη (khămaidắphnē)

3. kind of cassia resembling the laurel

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ δᾰφνῖτῐς; τῆς δᾰφνῑ́τῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δᾰφνῖτῐς hē dăphnîtĭs	τὼ δᾰφνῑ́τῐδε tṑ dăphnī́tĭde	αἱ δᾰφνῑ́τῐδες hai dăphnī́tĭdes
Genitive	τῆς δᾰφνῑ́τῐδος tês dăphnī́tĭdos	τοῖν δᾰφνῑτῐ́δοιν toîn dăphnītĭ́doin	τῶν δᾰφνῑτῐ́δων tôn dăphnītĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ δᾰφνῑ́τῐδῐ têi dăphnī́tĭdĭ	τοῖν δᾰφνῑτῐ́δοιν toîn dăphnītĭ́doin	ταῖς δᾰφνῑ́τῐσῐ / δᾰφνῑ́τῐσῐν taîs dăphnī́tĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν δᾰφνῑ́τῐδᾰ tḕn dăphnī́tĭdă	τὼ δᾰφνῑ́τῐδε tṑ dăphnī́tĭde	τᾱ̀ς δᾰφνῑ́τῐδᾰς tā̀s dăphnī́tĭdăs
Vocative	δᾰφνῖτῐς dăphnîtĭs	δᾰφνῑ́τῐδε dăphnī́tĭde	δᾰφνῑ́τῐδες dăphnī́tĭdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

References

• “δαφνῖτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δαφνῖτις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δαφνῖτις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)