ἄφρισσα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Furnée connects this word with ἀφία (aphía, “lesser celandine”). The suffix -ισσ- (-iss-) suggests a Pre-Greek word.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.pʰris.sa/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.pʰris.sa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɸris.sa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.fris.sa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.fri.sa/
Noun
ἄφρισσᾰ • (áphrissă) f (genitive ἀφρίσσης); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἄφρισσᾰ hē áphrissă |
τὼ ἀφρίσσᾱ tṑ aphríssā |
αἱ ἄφρισσαι hai áphrissai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἀφρίσσης tês aphríssēs |
τοῖν ἀφρίσσαιν toîn aphríssain |
τῶν ἀφρισσῶν tôn aphrissôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἀφρίσσῃ tēî aphríssēi |
τοῖν ἀφρίσσαιν toîn aphríssain |
ταῖς ἀφρίσσαις taîs aphríssais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἄφρισσᾰν tḕn áphrissăn |
τὼ ἀφρίσσᾱ tṑ aphríssā |
τᾱ̀ς ἀφρίσσᾱς tā̀s aphríssās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἄφρισσᾰ áphrissă |
ἀφρίσσᾱ aphríssā |
ἄφρισσαι áphrissai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Translingual: Aphrissa
Further reading
- “ἄφρισσα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄφρισσα 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