δάφνη
See also: Δάφνη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Possibly from Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dá.pʰnɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈda.pʰne/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈða.ɸni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈða.fni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈða.fni/
Noun
δᾰ́φνη • (dáphnē) f (genitive δᾰ́φνης); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ δᾰ́φνη hē dáphnē |
τὼ δᾰ́φνᾱ tṑ dáphnā |
αἱ δᾰ́φναι hai dáphnai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς δᾰ́φνης tês dáphnēs |
τοῖν δᾰ́φναιν toîn dáphnain |
τῶν δᾰφνῶν tôn daphnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ δᾰ́φνῃ têi dáphnēi |
τοῖν δᾰ́φναιν toîn dáphnain |
ταῖς δᾰ́φναις taîs dáphnais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν δᾰ́φνην tḕn dáphnēn |
τὼ δᾰ́φνᾱ tṑ dáphnā |
τᾱ̀ς δᾰ́φνᾱς tā̀s dáphnās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δᾰ́φνη dáphnē |
δᾰ́φνᾱ dáphnā |
δᾰ́φναι dáphnai | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
- δαφνίς (daphnís)
Descendants
References
- δάφνη in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δάφνη in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δάφνη in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δάφνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δάφνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δάφνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2018)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “դափնի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 643a
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē).
Noun
δάφνη • (dáfni) f (plural δάφνες)
- laurel, bay (tree)
- (cooking) bay, bay leaf
- φύλλο δάφνης ― fýllo dáfnis ― bay leaf
- (figuratively) victory, triumph
- δρέπω δάφνες ― drépo dáfnes ― reap the laurels
Declension
Further reading
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