ἀφνειός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἄφενος (áphenos) + -ειος (-eios)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.pʰneː.ós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.pʰniˈos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ɸniˈos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.fniˈos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.fniˈos/
Adjective
ἀφνειός • (aphneiós) m or f (neuter ἀφνειόν); second declension or
ἀφνειός • (aphneiós) m (feminine ἀφνειή, neuter ἀφνειόν); first/second declension
Declension
Two-gender paradigm:
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἀφνειός aphneiós |
ἀφνειόν aphneión |
ἀφνειώ aphneiṓ |
ἀφνειώ aphneiṓ |
ἀφνειοί aphneioí |
ἀφνειᾰ́ aphneiắ | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἀφνειοῦ aphneioû |
ἀφνειοῦ aphneioû |
ἀφνειοῖν aphneioîn |
ἀφνειοῖν aphneioîn |
ἀφνειῶν aphneiôn |
ἀφνειῶν aphneiôn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἀφνειῷ aphneiōî |
ἀφνειῷ aphneiōî |
ἀφνειοῖν aphneioîn |
ἀφνειοῖν aphneioîn |
ἀφνειοῖς aphneioîs |
ἀφνειοῖς aphneioîs | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἀφνειόν aphneión |
ἀφνειόν aphneión |
ἀφνειώ aphneiṓ |
ἀφνειώ aphneiṓ |
ἀφνειούς aphneioús |
ἀφνειᾰ́ aphneiắ | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἀφνειέ aphneié |
ἀφνειόν aphneión |
ἀφνειώ aphneiṓ |
ἀφνειώ aphneiṓ |
ἀφνειοί aphneioí |
ἀφνειᾰ́ aphneiắ | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἀφνειῶς aphneiôs |
ἀφνειότερος aphneióteros |
ἀφνειότᾰτος aphneiótătos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Three-gender paradigm:
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | ἀφνειός aphneiós |
ἀφνειή aphneiḗ |
ἀφνειόν aphneión |
ἀφνειώ aphneiṓ |
ἀφνειᾱ́ aphneiā́ |
ἀφνειώ aphneiṓ |
ἀφνειοί aphneioí |
ἀφνειαί aphneiaí |
ἀφνειᾰ́ aphneiắ | |||||
| Genitive | ἀφνειοῦ aphneioû |
ἀφνειῆς aphneiês |
ἀφνειοῦ aphneioû |
ἀφνειοῖν aphneioîn |
ἀφνειαῖν aphneiaîn |
ἀφνειοῖν aphneioîn |
ἀφνειῶν aphneiôn |
ἀφνειῶν aphneiôn |
ἀφνειῶν aphneiôn | |||||
| Dative | ἀφνειῷ aphneiōî |
ἀφνειῇ aphneiēî |
ἀφνειῷ aphneiōî |
ἀφνειοῖν aphneioîn |
ἀφνειαῖν aphneiaîn |
ἀφνειοῖν aphneioîn |
ἀφνειοῖς aphneioîs |
ἀφνειαῖς aphneiaîs |
ἀφνειοῖς aphneioîs | |||||
| Accusative | ἀφνειόν aphneión |
ἀφνειήν aphneiḗn |
ἀφνειόν aphneión |
ἀφνειώ aphneiṓ |
ἀφνειᾱ́ aphneiā́ |
ἀφνειώ aphneiṓ |
ἀφνειούς aphneioús |
ἀφνειᾱ́ς aphneiā́s |
ἀφνειᾰ́ aphneiắ | |||||
| Vocative | ἀφνειέ aphneié |
ἀφνειή aphneiḗ |
ἀφνειόν aphneión |
ἀφνειώ aphneiṓ |
ἀφνειᾱ́ aphneiā́ |
ἀφνειώ aphneiṓ |
ἀφνειοί aphneioí |
ἀφνειαί aphneiaí |
ἀφνειᾰ́ aphneiắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἀφνειῶς aphneiôs |
ἀφνειότερος aphneióteros |
ἀφνειότᾰτος aphneiótătos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Further reading
- “ἀφνειός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀφνειός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀφνειός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἀφνειός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.