παραφυάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παραφύω (paraphúō, “to grow beside”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.ra.pʰy.ás/ → /pa.ra.ɸyˈas/ → /pa.ra.fiˈas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.pʰy.ás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.pʰyˈas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.ɸyˈas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.fyˈas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.fiˈas/

Noun

πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́ς • (paraphuás) f (genitive πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δος); third declension

1. any side-growth, hence:
   1. (botany) offshoot, sucker
   2. (zoology) branch of an animal's vein
   3. certain appendages in lobsters
   4. (figuratively) branch of a discussion

Declension

Third declension of ἡ πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́ς; τῆς πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́ς hē paraphuás	τὼ πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δε tṑ paraphuáde	αἱ πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δες hai paraphuádes
Genitive	τῆς πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δος tês paraphuádos	τοῖν πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δοιν toîn paraphuádoin	τῶν πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δων tôn paraphuádōn
Dative	τῇ πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δῐ têi paraphuádi	τοῖν πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δοιν toîn paraphuádoin	ταῖς πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́σῐ / πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́σῐν taîs paraphuási(n)
Accusative	τὴν πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δᾰ tḕn paraphuáda	τὼ πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δε tṑ paraphuáde	τᾱ̀ς πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s paraphuádas
Vocative	πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́ς paraphuás	πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δε paraphuáde	πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δες paraphuádes
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.

Derived terms

• παραφυάδιον (paraphuádion)

References

• “παραφυάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• παραφυάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette