δαφνῖτις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δᾰ́φνη (dắphnē, “laurel”) + -ῖτις (-îtis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /da.pʰnîː.tis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /daˈpʰni.tis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðaˈɸni.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðaˈfni.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðaˈfni.tis/
Noun
δᾰφνῖτῐς • (dăphnîtĭs) f (genitive δᾰφνῑ́τῐδος); third declension
- spurge-laurel (Daphne laureola)
- periwinkle (Vinca herbacea)
- Synonym: χᾰμαιδᾰ́φνη (khămaidắphnē)
- kind of cassia resembling the laurel
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ δᾰφνῖτῐς hē dăphnîtĭs |
τὼ δᾰφνῑ́τῐδε tṑ dăphnī́tĭde |
αἱ δᾰφνῑ́τῐδες hai dăphnī́tĭdes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς δᾰφνῑ́τῐδος tês dăphnī́tĭdos |
τοῖν δᾰφνῑτῐ́δοιν toîn dăphnītĭ́doin |
τῶν δᾰφνῑτῐ́δων tôn dăphnītĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ δᾰφνῑ́τῐδῐ tēî dăphnī́tĭdĭ |
τοῖν δᾰφνῑτῐ́δοιν toîn dăphnītĭ́doin |
ταῖς δᾰφνῑ́τῐσῐ / δᾰφνῑ́τῐσῐν taîs dăphnī́tĭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν δᾰφνῑ́τῐδᾰ tḕn dăphnī́tĭdă |
τὼ δᾰφνῑ́τῐδε tṑ dăphnī́tĭde |
τᾱ̀ς δᾰφνῑ́τῐδᾰς tā̀s dăphnī́tĭdăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δᾰφνῖτῐς dăphnîtĭs |
δᾰφνῑ́τῐδε dăphnī́tĭde |
δᾰφνῑ́τῐδες dăphnī́tĭdes | ||||||||||
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References
- “δαφνῖτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δαφνῖτις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δαφνῖτις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)