Δάφνις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Ancient Greek δᾰ́φνη (dáphnē, “bay laurel”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dá.pʰnis/ → /ˈða.ɸnis/ → /ˈða.fnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dá.pʰnis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈda.pʰnis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈða.ɸnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈða.fnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈða.fnis/

Proper noun

Δάφνις • (Dáphnis) m (genitive Δάφνῐδος); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Daphnis, was a Sicilian herdsman and the inventor of bucolic poetry

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Δάφνῐς; τοῦ Δάφνῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Δάφνῐς ho Dáphnis
Genitive	τοῦ Δάφνῐδος toû Dáphnidos
Dative	τῷ Δάφνῐδῐ tôi Dáphnidi
Accusative	τὸν Δάφνῐν tòn Dáphnin
Vocative	Δάφνῐ Dáphni
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: Δάφνις (Dáfnis), Δάφνιδας (Dáfnidas)
• Latin: Daphnis
  • → English: Daphnis
  • → Italian: Dafni
  • Sicilian: Dafni

See also

• Ἄκις (Ákis)
• Γαλάτεια (Galáteia)
• Ἑρμῆς (Hermês)
• Ἐχεναΐς (Ekhenaḯs)
• Νομία (Nomía)
• Πολύφημος (Polúphēmos)
• Πᾱ́ν (Pā́n)
• Συμαιθις (Sumaithis)