Ἀφίδναι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ᾰ̓́φιδνᾰ (Áphidna), Ᾰ̓φίδνη (Aphídnē)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pʰí.dnai̯/ → /aˈɸi.ðnɛ/ → /aˈfi.ðne/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pʰí.dnai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpʰi.dnɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈɸi.ðnɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈfi.ðne/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈfi.ðne/

Proper noun

Ἀφῐ́δναι • (Aphídnai) f pl (genitive Ἀφῐδνῶν); first declension

1. Aphidnae; Afidnes, Greece

Inflection

First declension of αἱ Ᾰ̓φῐ́δναι; τῶν Ᾰ̓φῐδνῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ Ᾰ̓φῐ́δναι hai Aphídnai
Genitive	τῶν Ᾰ̓φῐδνῶν tôn Aphidnôn
Dative	ταῖς Ᾰ̓φῐ́δναις taîs Aphídnais
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς Ᾰ̓φῐ́δνᾱς tā̀s Aphídnās
Vocative	Ᾰ̓φῐ́δναι Aphídnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἀφιδναῖος (Aphidnaîos)

Descendants

• Greek: Αφίδναι (Afídnai)
• Latin: Aphidnae

References

• Ἀφίδναι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,001