σταφυλῖνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στᾰφῠλή (stăphŭlḗ, “grape”) +‎ -ῖνος (-înos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sta.pʰy.lîː.nos/ → /sta.ɸyˈli.nos/ → /sta.fiˈli.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sta.pʰy.lîː.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sta.pʰyˈli.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sta.ɸyˈli.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sta.fyˈli.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sta.fiˈli.nos/

Noun

στᾰφῠλῖνος • (stăphŭlînos) m (genitive στᾰφῠλῑ́νου); second declension

1. carrot
2. grapevine
3. type of insect, about the size of a beetle

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ στᾰφῠλῖνος; τοῦ στᾰφῠλῑ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ στᾰφῠλῖνος ho stăphŭlînos	τὼ στᾰφῠλῑ́νω tṑ stăphŭlī́nō	οἱ στᾰφῠλῖνοι hoi stăphŭlînoi
Genitive	τοῦ στᾰφῠλῑ́νου toû stăphŭlī́nou	τοῖν στᾰφῠλῑ́νοιν toîn stăphŭlī́noin	τῶν στᾰφῠλῑ́νων tôn stăphŭlī́nōn
Dative	τῷ στᾰφῠλῑ́νῳ tôi stăphŭlī́nōi	τοῖν στᾰφῠλῑ́νοιν toîn stăphŭlī́noin	τοῖς στᾰφῠλῑ́νοις toîs stăphŭlī́nois
Accusative	τὸν στᾰφῠλῖνον tòn stăphŭlînon	τὼ στᾰφῠλῑ́νω tṑ stăphŭlī́nō	τοὺς στᾰφῠλῑ́νους toùs stăphŭlī́nous
Vocative	στᾰφῠλῖνε stăphŭlîne	στᾰφῠλῑ́νω stăphŭlī́nō	στᾰφῠλῖνοι stăphŭlînoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: σταφυλίνος (stafylínos)
• Armenian:
  • → Middle Armenian: ստեպղին (stepġin)
    • Armenian: ստեպղին (stepġin)
• → Georgian: სტაფილო (sṭapilo)
• → Latin: staphylīnus
• Semitic:
  • → Classical Syriac: ܐܣܛܦܠܝܢ (ʾesṭap̄līn)
  • → Arabic: إصْطَفْلِين (ʔiṣṭaflīn)

References

• “σταφυλῖνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σταφυλῖνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “σταφυλῖνος”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 272