ἀναφής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-) +‎ ἁφή (haphḗ, “sense of touch”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.na.pʰɛ̌ːs/ → /a.naˈɸis/ → /a.naˈfis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.na.pʰɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.naˈpʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.naˈɸis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.naˈfis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.naˈfis/

Adjective

ἀνᾰφής • (anăphḗs) m or f (neuter ἀνᾰφές); third declension

1. impalpable, intangible
2. (of wine) tasteless, insipid

Declension

Third declension of ἀνᾰφής; ἀνᾰφές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀνᾰφής anăphḗs	ἀνᾰφές anăphés		ἀνᾰφεῖ anăpheî	ἀνᾰφεῖ anăpheî		ἀνᾰφεῖς anăpheîs	ἀνᾰφῆ anăphê
Genitive		ἀνᾰφοῦς anăphoûs	ἀνᾰφοῦς anăphoûs		ἀνᾰφοῖν anăphoîn	ἀνᾰφοῖν anăphoîn		ἀνᾰφῶν anăphôn	ἀνᾰφῶν anăphôn
Dative		ἀνᾰφεῖ anăpheî	ἀνᾰφεῖ anăpheî		ἀνᾰφοῖν anăphoîn	ἀνᾰφοῖν anăphoîn		ἀνᾰφέσῐ / ἀνᾰφέσῐν anăphésĭ(n)	ἀνᾰφέσῐ / ἀνᾰφέσῐν anăphésĭ(n)
Accusative		ἀνᾰφῆ anăphê	ἀνᾰφές anăphés		ἀνᾰφεῖ anăpheî	ἀνᾰφεῖ anăpheî		ἀνᾰφεῖς anăpheîs	ἀνᾰφῆ anăphê
Vocative		ἀνᾰφές anăphés	ἀνᾰφές anăphés		ἀνᾰφεῖ anăpheî	ἀνᾰφεῖ anăpheî		ἀνᾰφεῖς anăpheîs	ἀνᾰφῆ anăphê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀνᾰφῶς anăphôs			ἀνᾰφέστερος anăphésteros			ἀνᾰφέστᾰτος anăphéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀναφής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀναφής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀναφής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀναφής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)