εὐαφής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐ- (eu-, “good”) +‎ ἁφή (haphḗ, “sense of touch”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.a.pʰɛ̌ːs/ → /e.βaˈɸis/ → /e.vaˈfis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.a.pʰɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.waˈpʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.βaˈɸis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.vaˈfis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.vaˈfis/

Adjective

εὐᾰφής • (euăphḗs) m or f (neuter εὐᾰφές); third declension

1. soft to the touch
   1. (of the mind) easily swayed, flexible
2. having a soft touch
   1. (figuratively) unforced

Declension

Third declension of εὐᾰφής; εὐᾰφές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		εὐᾰφής euăphḗs	εὐᾰφές euăphés		εὐᾰφεῖ euăpheî	εὐᾰφεῖ euăpheî		εὐᾰφεῖς euăpheîs	εὐᾰφῆ euăphê
Genitive		εὐᾰφοῦς euăphoûs	εὐᾰφοῦς euăphoûs		εὐᾰφοῖν euăphoîn	εὐᾰφοῖν euăphoîn		εὐᾰφῶν euăphôn	εὐᾰφῶν euăphôn
Dative		εὐᾰφεῖ euăpheî	εὐᾰφεῖ euăpheî		εὐᾰφοῖν euăphoîn	εὐᾰφοῖν euăphoîn		εὐᾰφέσῐ / εὐᾰφέσῐν euăphésĭ(n)	εὐᾰφέσῐ / εὐᾰφέσῐν euăphésĭ(n)
Accusative		εὐᾰφῆ euăphê	εὐᾰφές euăphés		εὐᾰφεῖ euăpheî	εὐᾰφεῖ euăpheî		εὐᾰφεῖς euăpheîs	εὐᾰφῆ euăphê
Vocative		εὐᾰφές euăphés	εὐᾰφές euăphés		εὐᾰφεῖ euăpheî	εὐᾰφεῖ euăpheî		εὐᾰφεῖς euăpheîs	εὐᾰφῆ euăphê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		εὐᾰφῶς euăphôs			εὐᾰφέστερος euăphésteros			εὐᾰφέστᾰτος euăphéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• εὐάφιον (euáphion)

Related terms

• εὐάφεια (euápheia), εὐαφία (euaphía)

Further reading

• “εὐαφής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εὐαφής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• εὐαφής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “εὐαφής”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011