ἀκραιφνής

ἀκραιφνής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Furnée compares ἀκραπνής (akrapnḗs). If this is reliable, it is a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.krai̯.pʰnɛ̌ːs/ → /a.krɛˈɸnis/ → /a.kreˈfnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.krai̯.pʰnɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.krɛˈpʰne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.krɛˈɸnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.kreˈfnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.kreˈfnis/

Adjective

ἀκραιφνής • (akraiphnḗs) m or f (neuter ἀκραιφνές); third declension

1. unmixed, pure, sheer
2. untouched, inviolate, intact

Inflection

Third declension of ἀκραιφνής; ἀκραιφνές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀκραιφνής akraiphnḗs	ἀκραιφνές akraiphnés		ἀκραιφνεῖ akraiphneî	ἀκραιφνεῖ akraiphneî		ἀκραιφνεῖς akraiphneîs	ἀκραιφνῆ akraiphnê
Genitive		ἀκραιφνοῦς akraiphnoûs	ἀκραιφνοῦς akraiphnoûs		ἀκραιφνοῖν akraiphnoîn	ἀκραιφνοῖν akraiphnoîn		ἀκραιφνῶν akraiphnôn	ἀκραιφνῶν akraiphnôn
Dative		ἀκραιφνεῖ akraiphneî	ἀκραιφνεῖ akraiphneî		ἀκραιφνοῖν akraiphnoîn	ἀκραιφνοῖν akraiphnoîn		ἀκραιφνέσῐ / ἀκραιφνέσῐν akraiphnési(n)	ἀκραιφνέσῐ / ἀκραιφνέσῐν akraiphnési(n)
Accusative		ἀκραιφνῆ akraiphnê	ἀκραιφνές akraiphnés		ἀκραιφνεῖ akraiphneî	ἀκραιφνεῖ akraiphneî		ἀκραιφνεῖς akraiphneîs	ἀκραιφνῆ akraiphnê
Vocative		ἀκραιφνές akraiphnés	ἀκραιφνές akraiphnés		ἀκραιφνεῖ akraiphneî	ἀκραιφνεῖ akraiphneî		ἀκραιφνεῖς akraiphneîs	ἀκραιφνῆ akraiphnê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀκραιφνῶς akraiphnôs			ἀκραιφνέστερος akraiphnésteros			ἀκραιφνέστᾰτος akraiphnéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀκραιφνότης (akraiphnótēs)

References

• “ἀκραιφνής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀκραιφνής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀκραιφνής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN