ἀκραιφνής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(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

unmixed, pure, sheer
untouched, inviolate, intact

Inflection

Third declension of ᾰ̓κραιφνής; ᾰ̓κραιφνές (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̓κραιφνής ăkraiphnḗs	ᾰ̓κραιφνές ăkraiphnés	ᾰ̓κραιφνεῖ ăkraiphneî	ᾰ̓κραιφνεῖ ăkraiphneî	ᾰ̓κραιφνεῖς ăkraiphneîs	ᾰ̓κραιφνῆ ăkraiphnê
Genitive	ᾰ̓κραιφνοῦς ăkraiphnoûs	ᾰ̓κραιφνοῦς ăkraiphnoûs	ᾰ̓κραιφνοῖν ăkraiphnoîn	ᾰ̓κραιφνοῖν ăkraiphnoîn	ᾰ̓κραιφνῶν ăkraiphnôn	ᾰ̓κραιφνῶν ăkraiphnôn
Dative	ᾰ̓κραιφνεῖ ăkraiphneî	ᾰ̓κραιφνεῖ ăkraiphneî	ᾰ̓κραιφνοῖν ăkraiphnoîn	ᾰ̓κραιφνοῖν ăkraiphnoîn	ᾰ̓κραιφνέσῐ / ᾰ̓κραιφνέσῐν ăkraiphnésĭ(n)	ᾰ̓κραιφνέσῐ / ᾰ̓κραιφνέσῐν ăkraiphnésĭ(n)
Accusative	ᾰ̓κραιφνῆ ăkraiphnê	ᾰ̓κραιφνές ăkraiphnés	ᾰ̓κραιφνεῖ ăkraiphneî	ᾰ̓κραιφνεῖ ăkraiphneî	ᾰ̓κραιφνεῖς ăkraiphneîs	ᾰ̓κραιφνῆ ăkraiphnê
Vocative	ᾰ̓κραιφνές ăkraiphnés	ᾰ̓κραιφνές ăkraiphnés	ᾰ̓κραιφνεῖ ăkraiphneî	ᾰ̓κραιφνεῖ ăkraiphneî	ᾰ̓κραιφνεῖς ăkraiphneîs	ᾰ̓κραιφνῆ ăkraiphnê
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓κραιφνῶς ăkraiphnôs		ᾰ̓κραιφνέστερος ăkraiphnésteros		ᾰ̓κραιφνέστᾰτος ăkraiphnéstătos
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 (2006–2025)
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