ἀκραιφνής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Furnée compares ἀκραπνής (akrapnḗs). If this is reliable, it is a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.krai̯.pʰnɛ̌ːs/ → /a.krɛˈɸnis/ → /a.kreˈfnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.krai̯.pʰnɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.krɛˈpʰne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.krɛˈɸnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.kreˈfnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.kreˈfnis/

Adjective

ἀκραιφνής • (akraiphnḗs) m or f (neuter ἀκραιφνές); third declension

1. unmixed, pure, sheer
2. untouched, inviolate, intact

Inflection

Third declension of ᾰ̓κραιφνής; ᾰ̓κραιφνές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓κραιφνής ăkraiphnḗs	ᾰ̓κραιφνές ăkraiphnés		ᾰ̓κραιφνεῖ ăkraiphneî	ᾰ̓κραιφνεῖ ăkraiphneî		ᾰ̓κραιφνεῖς ăkraiphneîs	ᾰ̓κραιφνῆ ăkraiphnê
Genitive		ᾰ̓κραιφνοῦς ăkraiphnoûs	ᾰ̓κραιφνοῦς ăkraiphnoûs		ᾰ̓κραιφνοῖν ăkraiphnoîn	ᾰ̓κραιφνοῖν ăkraiphnoîn		ᾰ̓κραιφνῶν ăkraiphnôn	ᾰ̓κραιφνῶν ăkraiphnôn
Dative		ᾰ̓κραιφνεῖ ăkraiphneî	ᾰ̓κραιφνεῖ ăkraiphneî		ᾰ̓κραιφνοῖν ăkraiphnoîn	ᾰ̓κραιφνοῖν ăkraiphnoîn		ᾰ̓κραιφνέσῐ / ᾰ̓κραιφνέσῐν ăkraiphnésĭ(n)	ᾰ̓κραιφνέσῐ / ᾰ̓κραιφνέσῐν ăkraiphnésĭ(n)
Accusative		ᾰ̓κραιφνῆ ăkraiphnê	ᾰ̓κραιφνές ăkraiphnés		ᾰ̓κραιφνεῖ ăkraiphneî	ᾰ̓κραιφνεῖ ăkraiphneî		ᾰ̓κραιφνεῖς ăkraiphneîs	ᾰ̓κραιφνῆ ăkraiphnê
Vocative		ᾰ̓κραιφνές ăkraiphnés	ᾰ̓κραιφνές ăkraiphnés		ᾰ̓κραιφνεῖ ăkraiphneî	ᾰ̓κραιφνεῖ ăkraiphneî		ᾰ̓κραιφνεῖς ăkraiphneîs	ᾰ̓κραιφνῆ ăkraiphnê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓κραιφνῶς ăkraiphnôs			ᾰ̓κραιφνέστερος ăkraiphnésteros			ᾰ̓κραιφνέστᾰτος ăkraiphnéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀκραιφνότης (akraiphnótēs)

References

• “ἀκραιφνής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀκραιφνής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀκραιφνής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN