ὑφή

See also: υφή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to weave, braid”), possibly via ὑφαίνω (huphaínō, “I weave”). Cognates include Old English webb (English web).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pʰɛ̌ː/ → /yˈɸi/ → /iˈfi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈpʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈɸi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈfi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈfi/

Noun

ῠ̔φή • (hŭphḗ) f (genitive ῠ̔φῆς); first declension

1. web

Usage notes

Mostly used in plural.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῠ̔φή; τῆς ῠ̔φῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῠ̔φή hē hŭphḗ	τὼ ῠ̔φᾱ́ tṑ hŭphā́	αἱ ῠ̔φαί hai hŭphaí
Genitive	τῆς ῠ̔φῆς tês hŭphês	τοῖν ῠ̔φαῖν toîn hŭphaîn	τῶν ῠ̔φῶν tôn hŭphôn
Dative	τῇ ῠ̔φῇ têi hŭphêi	τοῖν ῠ̔φαῖν toîn hŭphaîn	ταῖς ῠ̔φαῖς taîs hŭphaîs
Accusative	τὴν ῠ̔φήν tḕn hŭphḗn	τὼ ῠ̔φᾱ́ tṑ hŭphā́	τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔φᾱ́ς tā̀s hŭphā́s
Vocative	ῠ̔φή hŭphḗ	ῠ̔φᾱ́ hŭphā́	ῠ̔φαί hŭphaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὑφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὑφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὑφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • texture idem, page 863.