ἀπαρίνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Given the suffix -ῑ́ν-, Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pa.rǐː.nɛː/ → /a.paˈri.ni/ → /a.paˈri.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pa.rǐː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.paˈri.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.paˈri.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.paˈri.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.paˈri.ni/

Noun

ἀπᾰρῑ́νη • (aparī́nē) f (genitive ἀπᾰρῑ́νης); first declension

1. cleavers (Galium aparine)

   Synonym: ἀμπελόκαρπον (ampelókarpon)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀπᾰρῑ́νη; τῆς ἀπᾰρῑ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀπᾰρῑ́νη hē aparī́nē	τὼ ἀπᾰρῑ́νᾱ tṑ aparī́nā	αἱ ἀπᾰρῖναι hai aparînai
Genitive	τῆς ἀπᾰρῑ́νης tês aparī́nēs	τοῖν ἀπᾰρῑ́ναιν toîn aparī́nain	τῶν ἀπᾰρῑνῶν tôn aparīnôn
Dative	τῇ ἀπᾰρῑ́νῃ têi aparī́nēi	τοῖν ἀπᾰρῑ́ναιν toîn aparī́nain	ταῖς ἀπᾰρῑ́ναις taîs aparī́nais
Accusative	τὴν ἀπᾰρῑ́νην tḕn aparī́nēn	τὼ ἀπᾰρῑ́νᾱ tṑ aparī́nā	τᾱ̀ς ἀπᾰρῑ́νᾱς tā̀s aparī́nās
Vocative	ἀπᾰρῑ́νη aparī́nē	ἀπᾰρῑ́νᾱ aparī́nā	ἀπᾰρῖναι aparînai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀπαρῑνής (aparīnḗs)

Descendants

• → Latin: aparīnē

Further reading

• “ἀπαρίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀπαρίνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀπαρίνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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