σταφυλάγρα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From στᾰφῠλή (staphulḗ, “bunch of grapes; uvula”) + ἄγρᾱ (ágrā, “catching, catch”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sta.pʰy.lá.ɡraː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /sta.pʰyˈla.ɡra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sta.ɸyˈla.ɣra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sta.fyˈla.ɣra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sta.fiˈla.ɣra/
Noun
στᾰφῠλᾰ́γρᾱ • (staphulágrā) f (genitive στᾰφῠλᾰ́γρᾱς); first declension
- forceps for taking hold of the uvula
Declension
First declension of ἡ στᾰφῠλᾰ́γρᾱ; τῆς στᾰφῠλᾰ́γρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ στᾰφῠλᾰ́γρᾱ hē staphulágrā | τὼ στᾰφῠλᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ staphulágrā | αἱ στᾰφῠλᾰ́γραι hai staphulágrai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς στᾰφῠλᾰ́γρᾱς tês staphulágrās | τοῖν στᾰφῠλᾰ́γραιν toîn staphulágrain | τῶν στᾰφῠλᾰγρῶν tôn staphulagrôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ στᾰφῠλᾰ́γρᾳ têi staphulágrāi | στᾰφῠλᾰ́γραιν staphulágrain | ταῖς στᾰφῠλᾰ́γραις taîs staphulágrais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν στᾰφῠλᾰ́γρᾱν tḕn staphulágrān | στᾰφῠλᾰ́γρᾱ staphulágrā | τᾱ̀ς στᾰφῠλᾰ́γρᾱς tā̀s staphulágrās | ||||||||||
Vocative | στᾰφῠλᾰ́γρᾱ staphulágrā | στᾰφῠλᾰ́γρᾱ staphulágrā | στᾰφῠλᾰ́γραι staphulágrai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- σταφυλάγρα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σταφυλάγρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette