ἀφάρκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pʰár.kɛː/ → /aˈɸar.ci/ → /aˈfar.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pʰár.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpʰar.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈɸar.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈfar.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈfar.ci/

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Noun

ἀφᾰ́ρκη • (aphắrkē) f (genitive ἀφᾰ́ρκης); first declension

1. hybrid strawberry tree (Arbutus × andrachnoides)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀφᾰ́ρκη; τῆς ἀφᾰ́ρκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀφᾰ́ρκη hē aphắrkē	τὼ ἀφᾰ́ρκᾱ tṑ aphắrkā	αἱ ἀφᾰ́ρκαι hai aphắrkai
Genitive	τῆς ἀφᾰ́ρκης tês aphắrkēs	τοῖν ἀφᾰ́ρκαιν toîn aphắrkain	τῶν ἀφᾰρκῶν tôn aphărkôn
Dative	τῇ ἀφᾰ́ρκῃ têi aphắrkēi	τοῖν ἀφᾰ́ρκαιν toîn aphắrkain	ταῖς ἀφᾰ́ρκαις taîs aphắrkais
Accusative	τὴν ἀφᾰ́ρκην tḕn aphắrkēn	τὼ ἀφᾰ́ρκᾱ tṑ aphắrkā	τᾱ̀ς ἀφᾰ́ρκᾱς tā̀s aphắrkās
Vocative	ἀφᾰ́ρκη aphắrkē	ἀφᾰ́ρκᾱ aphắrkā	ἀφᾰ́ρκαι aphắrkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀφάρκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀφάρκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀφάρκη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀφάρκη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 176