νάρκαφθον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λάκαφθον (lákaphthon), νάκαφθον (nákaphthon), νάσκαφθον (náskaphthon)

Etymology

According to Furnée, this is a Semitic cultural term, in spite of the suggested Indian origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nár.kapʰ.tʰon/ → /ˈnar.kaɸ.θon/ → /ˈnar.kaf.θon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nár.kapʰ.tʰon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈnar.kapʰ.tʰon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈnar.kaɸ.θon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈnar.kaf.θon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈnar.kaf.θon/

Noun

νάρκαφθον • (nárkaphthon) n (genitive ναρκάφθου); second declension

1. A fragrant Indian bark used as a spice

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ νάρκαφθον; τοῦ ναρκάφθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ νάρκαφθον tò nárkaphthon	τὼ ναρκάφθω tṑ narkáphthō	τᾰ̀ νάρκαφθᾰ tà nárkaphtha
Genitive	τοῦ ναρκάφθου toû narkáphthou	τοῖν ναρκάφθοιν toîn narkáphthoin	τῶν ναρκάφθων tôn narkáphthōn
Dative	τῷ ναρκάφθῳ tôi narkáphthōi	τοῖν ναρκάφθοιν toîn narkáphthoin	τοῖς ναρκάφθοις toîs narkáphthois
Accusative	τὸ νάρκαφθον tò nárkaphthon	τὼ ναρκάφθω tṑ narkáphthō	τᾰ̀ νάρκαφθᾰ tà nárkaphtha
Vocative	νάρκαφθον nárkaphthon	ναρκάφθω narkáphthō	νάρκαφθᾰ nárkaphtha
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “νάρκαφθον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 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