ἀφύη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A derivation from ᾰ̓- (ă-, “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

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pʰý.ɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpʰy.e̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈɸy.i/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈfy.i/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈfi.i/

Noun

ἀφῠ́η • (aphŭ́ē) f (genitive ἀφῠ́ης); first declension

small fry of various fish

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀφῠ́η; τῆς ἀφῠ́ης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀφῠ́η hē aphŭ́ē	τὼ ἀφῠ́ᾱ tṑ aphŭ́ā	αἱ ἀφῠ́αι hai aphŭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ἀφῠ́ης tês aphŭ́ēs	τοῖν ἀφῠ́αιν toîn aphŭ́ain	τῶν ἀφῠ́ων tôn aphŭ́ōn
Dative	τῇ ἀφῠ́ῃ tēî aphŭ́ēi	τοῖν ἀφῠ́αιν toîn aphŭ́ain	ταῖς ἀφῠ́αις taîs aphŭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ἀφῠ́ην tḕn aphŭ́ēn	τὼ ἀφῠ́ᾱ tṑ aphŭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ἀφῠ́ᾱς tā̀s aphŭ́ās
Vocative	ἀφῠ́η aphŭ́ē	ἀφῠ́ᾱ aphŭ́ā	ἀφῠ́αι aphŭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀφῠ́δῐον (aphŭ́dĭon)
ἀφῠώδης (aphŭṓdēs)
μεμβρᾰφῠ́ᾱ (membrăphŭ́ā)

Descendants

→ Hebrew: עַפְיָן (afyan)
→ Latin: aphyē (see there for further descendants)