ἁφή

See also: αφή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἅπτω (háptō, “to kindle, set fire; to touch; to fasten”) +‎ -ή (-ḗ).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἁφή • (haphḗ) f (genitive ἁφῆς); first declension

  1. lighting, kindling
  2. touch, sense of touch
  3. (in wrestling) grip
  4. sand sprinkled over wrestlers, to enable them to get a grip of one another
  5. (mathematics) point of contact, intersection
  6. (in the plural) stripes, strokes
  7. (pathology) infection, especially of leprosy
  8. (anatomy) junction, point of contact in the body, ligament

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἁφή; τῆς ἁφῆς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἁφή
hē haphḗ 		τὼ ἁφᾱ́
tṑ haphā́ 		αἱ ἁφαί
hai haphaí
Genitive τῆς ἁφῆς
tês haphês 		τοῖν ἁφαῖν
toîn haphaîn 		τῶν ἁφῶν
tôn haphôn
Dative τῇ ἁφῇ
tēî haphēî 		τοῖν ἁφαῖν
toîn haphaîn 		ταῖς ἁφαῖς
taîs haphaîs
Accusative τὴν ἁφήν
tḕn haphḗn 		τὼ ἁφᾱ́
tṑ haphā́ 		τᾱ̀ς ἁφᾱ́ς
tā̀s haphā́s
Vocative ἁφή
haphḗ 		ἁφᾱ́
haphā́ 		ἁφαί
haphaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: αφή (afí)
  • → Latin: afa

Further reading

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