aphye
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀφύη (aphúē).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.pʰy.eː/, [ˈäpʰyeː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.fi.e/, [ˈäːfiɛ]
Noun
aphyē f (genitive aphyēs); first declension
- small fry of fish, in particular, the anchovy
- c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 31.44.97:
- vitium huius est allex atque inperfecta nec colata faex. coepit tamen et privatim ex inutili pisciculo minimoque confici. apuam nostri, aphyen Graeci vocant, quoniam is pisciculus e pluvia nascatur.
- Translation by W. H. S. Jones
- Allex is sediment of garum, the dregs, neither whole nor strained. It has, however, also begun to be made separately from a tiny fish, otherwise of no use. The Romans call it apua, the Greeks aphye, because this tiny fish is bred out of rain.
- Translation by W. H. S. Jones
- vitium huius est allex atque inperfecta nec colata faex. coepit tamen et privatim ex inutili pisciculo minimoque confici. apuam nostri, aphyen Graeci vocant, quoniam is pisciculus e pluvia nascatur.
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | aphyē | aphyae |
| Genitive | aphyēs | aphyārum |
| Dative | aphyae | aphyīs |
| Accusative | aphyēn | aphyās |
| Ablative | aphyē | aphyīs |
| Vocative | aphyē | aphyae |
Descendants
- Vulgar Latin: *apiuva, *apiua
- (perhaps) Ligurian: anciôa (see there for further descendants)
References
- aphye in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aphye in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers