δάφνη
See also: Δάφνη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- δᾰ́φνᾱ (dáphnā) – Doric
- δαύχνα (daúkhna) – Thessalian
- λᾰ́φνη (láphnē) – Epic
Etymology
Beekes reconstructs possible Pre-Greek stem *dakʷ-(n-).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dá.pʰnɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈda.pʰne̝/
- (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
- sweet bay (Laurus nobilis)
- Synonym: λᾰδωνῐ́ς (ladōnís)
Declension
First declension of ἡ δᾰ́φνη; τῆς δᾰ́φνης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δαφνηφόρος (daphnēphóros)
- δάφνινος (dáphninos)
- Δάφνις (Dáphnis)
- δαφνίς (daphnís)
- δᾰφνῖτῐς (daphnîtis)
- δαφνώδης (daphnṓdēs)
Descendants
- Greek: δάφνη (dáfni)
- → Ottoman Turkish: دفنه (defne), تفنه (tefne)
- Turkish: defne
- → Azerbaijani: dəfnə
- → Middle Armenian: թէֆնէ (tʿēfnē)
- → Uzbek: dafna
- → Albanian: dafinë
- → Ottoman Turkish: دفنه (defne), تفنه (tefne)
- → Arabic: دِفْلَى (diflā), دِفْلَة (difla), تِفْلَة (tifla)
- → Classical Mandaic: ࡃࡐࡋࡀ
- → Middle Armenian: տֆլայ (tflay), տիֆլայ (tiflay)
- → Spanish: adelfa
- → Catalan: adelfa
- → Cebuano: adelpa
- → Hiligaynon: adelpa
- → Tagalog: adelpa
- → Hebrew: דַּפְנָה (dafná)
- → Late Latin: daphinus
- Romanian: dafin, afin
- Translingual: Daphne
- → English: daphne
- → Old Armenian: դափնի (dapʿni), դաբնի (dabni), դափնէ (dapʿnē), դափնիդ (dapʿnid), դաբնիդ (dabnid), դաբնիա (dabnia), դաբնիդայ (dabniday), դաբնիդեայ (dabnideay), դափնիտեայ (dapʿniteay), դաբնընդեմ (dabnəndem)
- Armenian: դափնի (dapʿni)
- →? Old Georgian: დაფნი (dapni)
- Middle Georgian: დაფნი (dapni)
- ⇒ Georgian: დაფნა (dapna)
- Middle Georgian: დაფნი (dapni)
- →? Old Georgian: დაფნი (dapni)
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
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “δάφνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 306-307
- 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 (2006–2023)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bay idem, page 65.
- laurel idem, page 479.
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “դափնի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume 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
declension of δάφνη
case \\ number | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | δάφνη • | δάφνες • |
genitive | δάφνης • | δαφνών • |
accusative | δάφνη • | δάφνες • |
vocative | δάφνη • | δάφνες • |
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: دفنه (defne), تفنه (tefne)
- Turkish: defne
- → Azerbaijani: dəfnə
- → Middle Armenian: թէֆնէ (tʿēfnē)
- → Uzbek: dafna
Further reading
- δάφνη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el