παραφυάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παραφύω (paraphúō, “to grow beside”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ắs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.ra.pʰy.ás/ → /pa.ra.ɸyˈas/ → /pa.ra.fiˈas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.pʰy.ás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.pʰyˈas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.ɸyˈas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.fyˈas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.fiˈas/

Noun

πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́ς • (părăphŭắs) f (genitive πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δος); third declension

1. any side-growth, hence:
   1. (botany) offshoot, sucker
   2. (zoology) branch of an animal's vein
   3. certain appendages in lobsters
   4. (figuratively) branch of a discussion

Declension

Third declension of ἡ πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́ς; τῆς πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́ς hē părăphŭắs	τὼ πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δε tṑ părăphŭắde	αἱ πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δες hai părăphŭắdes
Genitive	τῆς πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δος tês părăphŭắdos	τοῖν πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δοιν toîn părăphŭắdoin	τῶν πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δων tôn părăphŭắdōn
Dative	τῇ πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δῐ têi părăphŭắdĭ	τοῖν πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δοιν toîn părăphŭắdoin	ταῖς πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́σῐ / πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́σῐν taîs părăphŭắsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δᾰ tḕn părăphŭắdă	τὼ πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δε tṑ părăphŭắde	τᾱ̀ς πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s părăphŭắdăs
Vocative	πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́ς părăphŭắs	πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δε părăphŭắde	πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δες părăphŭắdes
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.

Derived terms

• παραφυάδιον (paraphuádion)

References

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