ἁφή
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See also: αφή
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ἅπτω (háptō, “to kindle, set fire; to touch; to fasten”) + -ή (-ḗ).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ha.pʰɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)aˈpʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈɸi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈfi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈfi/
Noun
[edit]ἁφή • (haphḗ) f (genitive ἁφῆς); first declension
- lighting, kindling
- touch, sense of touch
- (in wrestling) grip
- sand sprinkled over wrestlers, to enable them to get a grip of one another
- (mathematics) point of contact, intersection
- (in the plural) stripes, strokes
- (pathology) infection, especially of leprosy
- (anatomy) junction, point of contact in the body, ligament
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἁφή hē haphḗ |
τὼ ἁφᾱ́ tṑ haphā́ |
αἱ ἁφαί hai haphaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἁφῆς tês haphês |
τοῖν ἁφαῖν toîn haphaîn |
τῶν ἁφῶν tôn haphôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἁφῇ têi haphêi |
τοῖν ἁφαῖν toîn haphaîn |
ταῖς ἁφαῖς taîs haphaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἁφήν tḕn haphḗn |
τὼ ἁφᾱ́ tṑ haphā́ |
τᾱ̀ς ἁφᾱ́ς tā̀s haphā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἁφή haphḗ |
ἁφᾱ́ haphā́ |
ἁφαί haphaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ἁφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἁφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἁφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἁφή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
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- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
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- Ancient Greek first-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension
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