σταφυλή

σταφυλή

See also: σταφύλι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σταφυλίς (staphulís)

Etymology

Though traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“to be stiff; post”) (compare Sanskrit स्तम्भ (stambha, “pillar”), Old English stæf (“staff”)) via an assumed intermediate sense “stem”, the word is clearly Pre-Greek along with the related στέμφυλα (stémphula, “bunch of (pressed) olives or grapes”) and ἀσταφίς (astaphís, “dried grapes”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sta.pʰy.lɛ̌ː/ → /sta.ɸyˈli/ → /sta.fiˈli/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sta.pʰy.lɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sta.pʰyˈle̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sta.ɸyˈli/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sta.fyˈli/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sta.fiˈli/

Noun

σταφυλή • (staphulḗ) f (genitive σταφυλῆς); first declension

1. bunch of grapes
2. (anatomy) uvula

   Synonym: γᾰργᾰρεών (gargareṓn)

Declension

First declension of ἡ σταφυλή; τῆς σταφυλῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σταφυλή hē staphulḗ	τὼ σταφυλᾱ́ tṑ staphulā́	αἱ σταφυλαί hai staphulaí
Genitive	τῆς σταφυλῆς tês staphulês	τοῖν σταφυλαῖν toîn staphulaîn	τῶν σταφυλῶν tôn staphulôn
Dative	τῇ σταφυλῇ têi staphulêi	τοῖν σταφυλαῖν toîn staphulaîn	ταῖς σταφυλαῖς taîs staphulaîs
Accusative	τὴν σταφυλήν tḕn staphulḗn	τὼ σταφυλᾱ́ tṑ staphulā́	τᾱ̀ς σταφυλᾱ́ς tā̀s staphulā́s
Vocative	σταφυλή staphulḗ	σταφυλᾱ́ staphulā́	σταφυλαί staphulaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πολυστάφυλος (polustáphulos)
• στᾰφῠλᾰ́γρᾱ (staphulágrā)
• σταφυλοβολεῖον (staphuloboleîon)
• σταφυλόδενδρον (staphulódendron)

 

Descendants

• ⇒ Byzantine Greek: σταφύλιον (staphúlion)
  • Greek: σταφύλι (stafýli)

References

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “σταφυλή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1391–1392

Further reading

• “σταφυλή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σταφυλή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• σταφυλή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G4718 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bunch idem, page 104.
  • cluster idem, page 140.
  • grape idem, page 369.

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Greek

Alternative forms

• σταφυλίτης m (stafylítis)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sta.fiˈli/

Noun

σταφυλή • (stafylí) f (plural σταφυλές)

1. grape
2. (anatomy) uvula

Declension

declension of σταφυλή

case     \\     number	singular	plural
nominative	σταφυλή •	σταφυλές •
genitive	σταφυλής •	σταφυλών •
accusative	σταφυλή •	σταφυλές •
vocative	σταφυλή •	σταφυλές •

Synonyms

• (grape): σταφύλι (stafýli)