ἀκαλήφη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἀκαλύφη (akalúphē)
Etymology
Unknown. The variation "υ/η" could point to a Pre-Greek word, although there are no clear parallels to it.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ka.lɛ̌ː.pʰɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.kaˈle̝.pʰe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.kaˈli.ɸi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.kaˈli.fi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.kaˈli.fi/
Noun
ἀκᾰλήφη • (akalḗphē) f (genitive ἀκᾰλήφης); first declension
- stinging nettle (Urtica dioica)
- Synonym: κνῑ́δη (knī́dē)
- sting
- sea anemone
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἀκαλήφη hē akalḗphē |
τὼ ἀκαλήφᾱ tṑ akalḗphā |
αἱ ἀκαλῆφαι hai akalêphai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἀκαλήφης tês akalḗphēs |
τοῖν ἀκαλήφαιν toîn akalḗphain |
τῶν ἀκαληφῶν tôn akalēphôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἀκαλήφῃ têi akalḗphēi |
τοῖν ἀκαλήφαιν toîn akalḗphain |
ταῖς ἀκαλήφαις taîs akalḗphais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἀκαλήφην tḕn akalḗphēn |
τὼ ἀκαλήφᾱ tṑ akalḗphā |
τᾱ̀ς ἀκαλήφᾱς tā̀s akalḗphās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀκαλήφη akalḗphē |
ἀκαλήφᾱ akalḗphā |
ἀκαλῆφαι akalêphai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀκαλήφη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀκαλήφη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀκαλήφη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀκαλήφη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- nettle idem, page 556.
- 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
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