ἀσύφη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown loanword, but probably of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.sý.pʰɛː/ → /aˈsy.ɸi/ → /aˈsi.fi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.sý.pʰɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈsy.pʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈsy.ɸi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈsy.fi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈsi.fi/

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Noun

ἀσῠ́φη • (asŭ́phē) f (genitive ἀσῠ́φης); first declension

1. kind of cassia mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀσῠ́φη; τῆς ἀσῠ́φης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀσῠ́φη hē asŭ́phē	τὼ ἀσῠ́φᾱ tṑ asŭ́phā	αἱ ἀσῠ́φαι hai asŭ́phai
Genitive	τῆς ἀσῠ́φης tês asŭ́phēs	τοῖν ἀσῠ́φαιν toîn asŭ́phain	τῶν ἀσῠφῶν tôn asŭphôn
Dative	τῇ ἀσῠ́φῃ têi asŭ́phēi	τοῖν ἀσῠ́φαιν toîn asŭ́phain	ταῖς ἀσῠ́φαις taîs asŭ́phais
Accusative	τὴν ἀσῠ́φην tḕn asŭ́phēn	τὼ ἀσῠ́φᾱ tṑ asŭ́phā	τᾱ̀ς ἀσῠ́φᾱς tā̀s asŭ́phās
Vocative	ἀσῠ́φη asŭ́phē	ἀσῠ́φᾱ asŭ́phā	ἀσῠ́φαι asŭ́phai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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