aphya

Latin

Alternative forms

• aphyē, apua

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pʰy.a/, [ˈäpʰyä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.fi.a/, [ˈäːfiä]

Noun

aphya f (genitive aphyae); first declension

1. A kind of small fish, maybe the anchovy

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	aphya	aphyae
genitive	aphyae	aphyārum
dative	aphyae	aphyīs
accusative	aphyam	aphyās
ablative	aphyā	aphyīs
vocative	aphya	aphyae

References

• “aphya”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aphya in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.