εὐαφής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐ- (eu-, “good”) +‎ ἁφή (haphḗ, “sense of touch”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.a.pʰɛ̌ːs/ → /e.βaˈɸis/ → /e.vaˈfis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.a.pʰɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.waˈpʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.βaˈɸis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.vaˈfis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.vaˈfis/

Adjective

εὐᾰφής • (euaphḗs) m or f (neuter εὐᾰφές); third declension

1. soft to the touch
   1. (of the mind) easily swayed, flexible
2. having a soft touch
   1. (figuratively) unforced

Declension

Third declension of εὐᾰφής; εὐᾰφές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		εὐᾰφής euaphḗs	εὐᾰφές euaphés		εὐᾰφεῖ euapheî	εὐᾰφεῖ euapheî		εὐᾰφεῖς euapheîs	εὐᾰφῆ euaphê
Genitive		εὐᾰφοῦς euaphoûs	εὐᾰφοῦς euaphoûs		εὐᾰφοῖν euaphoîn	εὐᾰφοῖν euaphoîn		εὐᾰφῶν euaphôn	εὐᾰφῶν euaphôn
Dative		εὐᾰφεῖ euapheî	εὐᾰφεῖ euapheî		εὐᾰφοῖν euaphoîn	εὐᾰφοῖν euaphoîn		εὐᾰφέσῐ / εὐᾰφέσῐν euaphési(n)	εὐᾰφέσῐ / εὐᾰφέσῐν euaphési(n)
Accusative		εὐᾰφῆ euaphê	εὐᾰφές euaphés		εὐᾰφεῖ euapheî	εὐᾰφεῖ euapheî		εὐᾰφεῖς euapheîs	εὐᾰφῆ euaphê
Vocative		εὐᾰφές euaphés	εὐᾰφές euaphés		εὐᾰφεῖ euapheî	εὐᾰφεῖ euapheî		εὐᾰφεῖς euapheîs	εὐᾰφῆ euaphê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		εὐᾰφῶς euaphôs			εὐᾰφέστερος euaphésteros			εὐᾰφέστᾰτος euaphéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• εὐάφιον (euáphion)

Related terms

• εὐάφεια (euápheia), εὐαφία (euaphía)

Further reading

• “εὐαφής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εὐαφής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• εὐαφής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “εὐαφής”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011