Τάρφη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Maybe from τάρφος (tárphos, “thicket”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tár.pʰɛː/ → /ˈtar.ɸi/ → /ˈtar.fi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tár.pʰɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtar.pʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtar.ɸi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtar.fi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtar.fi/

Proper noun

Τάρφη • (Tárphē) f (genitive Τάρφης); first declension

1. Tarphe, Locris, Greece

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Τάρφη; τῆς Τάρφης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Τάρφη hē Tárphē
Genitive	τῆς Τάρφης tês Tárphēs
Dative	τῇ Τάρφῃ têi Tárphēi
Accusative	τὴν Τάρφην tḕn Tárphēn
Vocative	Τάρφη Tárphē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: Tarphē

References

• “Τάρφη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Τάρφη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette