ῥαφίς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ῥαπίς (rhapís) — Doric
Etymology
From ῥάπτω (rháptō, “to sew”) + -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥a.pʰís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /raˈpʰis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /raˈɸis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /raˈfis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /raˈfis/
Noun
ῥαφῐ́ς • (rhaphĭ́s) f (genitive ῥαφῐ́δος); third declension
- needle
- Synonym: βελόνη (belónē)
- garfish, sea needle (Belone belone)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ῥαφῐ́ς hē rhaphĭ́s |
τὼ ῥαφῐ́δε tṑ rhaphĭ́de |
αἱ ῥαφῐ́δες hai rhaphĭ́des | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ῥαφῐ́δος tês rhaphĭ́dos |
τοῖν ῥαφῐ́δοιν toîn rhaphĭ́doin |
τῶν ῥαφῐ́δων tôn rhaphĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ῥαφῐ́δῐ tēî rhaphĭ́dĭ |
τοῖν ῥαφῐ́δοιν toîn rhaphĭ́doin |
ταῖς ῥαφῐ́σῐ / ῥαφῐ́σῐν taîs rhaphĭ́sĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ῥαφῐ́δᾰ tḕn rhaphĭ́dă |
τὼ ῥαφῐ́δε tṑ rhaphĭ́de |
τᾱ̀ς ῥαφῐ́δᾰς tā̀s rhaphĭ́dăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῥαφῐ́ς rhaphĭ́s |
ῥαφῐ́δε rhaphĭ́de |
ῥαφῐ́δες rhaphĭ́des | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ῥαφιδᾶς (rhaphidâs)
- ῥαφίδεια (rhaphídeia)
- ῥαφιδεύς (rhaphideús)
- ῥαφιδευτής (rhaphideutḗs)
- ῥαφιδευτός (rhaphideutós)
- ῥαφιδοθήκη (rhaphidothḗkē)
- ῥαφιδοποιός (rhaphidopoiós)
Descendants
- English: raphide
- Translingual: Limnoraphis, Raphidiopsis
Further reading
- “ῥαφίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ῥαφίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ῥαφίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette