βαφικός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βᾰφή (băphḗ, “dye”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ba.pʰi.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ba.pʰiˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βa.ɸiˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /va.fiˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /va.fiˈkos/
Adjective
βᾰφῐκός • (băphĭkós) m (feminine βᾰφῐκή, neuter βᾰφῐκόν); first/second declension
- fit for dyeing, tinctorial
- (of books) about gilding and silvering
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | βᾰφῐκός băphĭkós |
βᾰφῐκή băphĭkḗ |
βᾰφῐκόν băphĭkón |
βᾰφῐκώ băphĭkṓ |
βᾰφῐκᾱ́ băphĭkā́ |
βᾰφῐκώ băphĭkṓ |
βᾰφῐκοί băphĭkoí |
βᾰφῐκαί băphĭkaí |
βᾰφῐκᾰ́ băphĭkắ | |||||
| Genitive | βᾰφῐκοῦ băphĭkoû |
βᾰφῐκῆς băphĭkês |
βᾰφῐκοῦ băphĭkoû |
βᾰφῐκοῖν băphĭkoîn |
βᾰφῐκαῖν băphĭkaîn |
βᾰφῐκοῖν băphĭkoîn |
βᾰφῐκῶν băphĭkôn |
βᾰφῐκῶν băphĭkôn |
βᾰφῐκῶν băphĭkôn | |||||
| Dative | βᾰφῐκῷ băphĭkōî |
βᾰφῐκῇ băphĭkēî |
βᾰφῐκῷ băphĭkōî |
βᾰφῐκοῖν băphĭkoîn |
βᾰφῐκαῖν băphĭkaîn |
βᾰφῐκοῖν băphĭkoîn |
βᾰφῐκοῖς băphĭkoîs |
βᾰφῐκαῖς băphĭkaîs |
βᾰφῐκοῖς băphĭkoîs | |||||
| Accusative | βᾰφῐκόν băphĭkón |
βᾰφῐκήν băphĭkḗn |
βᾰφῐκόν băphĭkón |
βᾰφῐκώ băphĭkṓ |
βᾰφῐκᾱ́ băphĭkā́ |
βᾰφῐκώ băphĭkṓ |
βᾰφῐκούς băphĭkoús |
βᾰφῐκᾱ́ς băphĭkā́s |
βᾰφῐκᾰ́ băphĭkắ | |||||
| Vocative | βᾰφῐκέ băphĭké |
βᾰφῐκή băphĭkḗ |
βᾰφῐκόν băphĭkón |
βᾰφῐκώ băphĭkṓ |
βᾰφῐκᾱ́ băphĭkā́ |
βᾰφῐκώ băphĭkṓ |
βᾰφῐκοί băphĭkoí |
βᾰφῐκαί băphĭkaí |
βᾰφῐκᾰ́ băphĭkắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| βᾰφῐκῶς băphĭkôs |
βᾰφῐκώτερος băphĭkṓteros |
βᾰφῐκώτᾰτος băphĭkṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “βαφικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βαφικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βαφικός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)