ἀφύη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
A derivation from ᾰ̓- (a-, “un-”) + φύω (phúō, “to grow”) seems folk-etymological, but is defended by Meier-Brügger, suggesting Proto-Indo-European *n̥-bʰúH-o- (“without growth”), which is a recent formation compared with Sanskrit अभ्व (abhva, “monster”). However, DELG keeps open the possibility of a substrate word.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.pʰý.ɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈpʰy.e̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈɸy.i/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈfy.i/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈfi.i/
Noun
ἀφῠ́η • (aphúē) f (genitive ἀφῠ́ης); first declension
- small fry of various fish
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ἀφῠ́η; τῆς ἀφῠ́ης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἀφῠ́η hē aphúē | τὼ ἀφῠ́ᾱ tṑ aphúā | αἱ ἀφῠ́αι hai aphúai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἀφῠ́ης tês aphúēs | τοῖν ἀφῠ́αιν toîn aphúain | τῶν ἀφῠ́ων tôn aphúōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἀφῠ́ῃ têi aphúēi | τοῖν ἀφῠ́αιν toîn aphúain | ταῖς ἀφῠ́αις taîs aphúais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἀφῠ́ην tḕn aphúēn | τὼ ἀφῠ́ᾱ tṑ aphúā | τᾱ̀ς ἀφῠ́ᾱς tā̀s aphúās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀφῠ́η aphúē | ἀφῠ́ᾱ aphúā | ἀφῠ́αι aphúai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀφῠ́δῐον (aphúdion)
- ἀφῠώδης (aphuṓdēs)
- μεμβρᾰφῠ́ᾱ (membraphúā)
Descendants
- → Hebrew: עַפְיָן (afyan)
- → Latin: aphyē (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- “ἀφύη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀφύη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀφύη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀφύη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀφύη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 180