ῥαφή

See also: ραφή and ῥάφη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥᾰ́πτω (rhắptō, “to sew together, stitch”) +‎ -η (-ē, action noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥a.pʰɛ̌ː/ → /raˈɸi/ → /raˈfi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥a.pʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /raˈpʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /raˈɸi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /raˈfi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /raˈfi/

Noun

ῥᾰφή • (rhăphḗ) f (genitive ῥᾰφῆς); first declension

1. seam
   1. (anatomy) suture of the skull, the heart or other parts
2. stitching, sewing

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῥᾰφή; τῆς ῥᾰφῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥᾰφή hē rhăphḗ	τὼ ῥᾰφᾱ́ tṑ rhăphā́	αἱ ῥᾰφαί hai rhăphaí
Genitive	τῆς ῥᾰφῆς tês rhăphês	τοῖν ῥᾰφαῖν toîn rhăphaîn	τῶν ῥᾰφῶν tôn rhăphôn
Dative	τῇ ῥᾰφῇ têi rhăphêi	τοῖν ῥᾰφαῖν toîn rhăphaîn	ταῖς ῥᾰφαῖς taîs rhăphaîs
Accusative	τὴν ῥᾰφήν tḕn rhăphḗn	τὼ ῥᾰφᾱ́ tṑ rhăphā́	τᾱ̀ς ῥᾰφᾱ́ς tā̀s rhăphā́s
Vocative	ῥᾰφή rhăphḗ	ῥᾰφᾱ́ rhăphā́	ῥᾰφαί rhăphaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ραφή (rafí)
• → New Latin: raphē
  • → Catalan: rafe
  • → English: raphe
  • → Italian: rafe

References

• “ῥαφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ῥαφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ῥαφή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers