λοφνίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

λοφνία (lophnía)

Etymology

From an unattested *λόφνος (*lóphnos) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s). It may derive from the same root of λέπω (lépō, “to peel”) and λοπός (lopós, “shell, bark”); the suffix is also seen in λύχνος (lúkhnos, “lamp”). However, according to Beekes, this solution is rather uncertain. Another theory by Furnée links the word to Georgian ლაფანი (lapani, “bast”), suggesting a byform *λάφνη (*láphnē).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lo.pʰnís/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /loˈpʰnis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /loˈɸnis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /loˈfnis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /loˈfnis/

Noun

λοφνῐ́ς • (lophnĭ́s) f (genitive λοφνῐ́δος); third declension

torch made of vine bark
Synonyms: γράβιον (grábion), γρυνός (grunós), δαΐς (daḯs), δᾰ́ος (dắos), ἑλένη (helénē), λαμπάς (lampás), πανός (panós), πυρσός (pursós), φανή (phanḗ), φρῠκτός (phrŭktós)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ λοφνῐ́ς; τῆς λοφνῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λοφνῐ́ς hē lophnĭ́s	τὼ λοφνῐ́δε tṑ lophnĭ́de	αἱ λοφνῐ́δες hai lophnĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς λοφνῐ́δος tês lophnĭ́dos	τοῖν λοφνῐ́δοιν toîn lophnĭ́doin	τῶν λοφνῐ́δων tôn lophnĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ λοφνῐ́δῐ têi lophnĭ́dĭ	τοῖν λοφνῐ́δοιν toîn lophnĭ́doin	ταῖς λοφνῐ́σῐ / λοφνῐ́σῐν taîs lophnĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν λοφνῐ́δᾰ tḕn lophnĭ́dă	τὼ λοφνῐ́δε tṑ lophnĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς λοφνῐ́δᾰς tā̀s lophnĭ́dăs
Vocative	λοφνῐ́ς lophnĭ́s	λοφνῐ́δε lophnĭ́de	λοφνῐ́δες lophnĭ́des
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

λοφνίδια (lophnídia)

“λοφνίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
λοφνίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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
Furnée, Edzard Johan (1979) Vorgriechisch-Kartvelisches: Studien zum ostmediterranen Substrat nebst einem Versuch zu einer neuen pelasgischen Theorie (in German), Editions Peeters, →ISBN, pages 23, 26