σταφυλάγρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στᾰφῠλή (staphulḗ, “bunch of grapes; uvula”) +‎ ἄγρᾱ (ágrā, “catching, catch”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sta.pʰy.lá.ɡraː/ → /sta.ɸyˈla.ɣra/ → /sta.fiˈla.ɣra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sta.pʰy.lá.ɡraː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sta.pʰyˈla.ɡra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sta.ɸyˈla.ɣra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sta.fyˈla.ɣra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sta.fiˈla.ɣra/

Noun

στᾰφῠλᾰ́γρᾱ • (staphulágrā) f (genitive στᾰφῠλᾰ́γρᾱς); first declension

1. forceps for taking hold of the uvula

Declension

First declension of ἡ στᾰφῠλᾰ́γρᾱ; τῆς στᾰφῠλᾰ́γρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στᾰφῠλᾰ́γρᾱ hē staphulágrā	τὼ στᾰφῠλᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ staphulágrā	αἱ στᾰφῠλᾰ́γραι hai staphulágrai
Genitive	τῆς στᾰφῠλᾰ́γρᾱς tês staphulágrās	τοῖν στᾰφῠλᾰ́γραιν toîn staphulágrain	τῶν στᾰφῠλᾰγρῶν tôn staphulagrôn
Dative	τῇ στᾰφῠλᾰ́γρᾳ têi staphulágrāi	τοῖν στᾰφῠλᾰ́γραιν toîn staphulágrain	ταῖς στᾰφῠλᾰ́γραις taîs staphulágrais
Accusative	τὴν στᾰφῠλᾰ́γρᾱν tḕn staphulágrān	τὼ στᾰφῠλᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ staphulágrā	τᾱ̀ς στᾰφῠλᾰ́γρᾱς tā̀s staphulágrās
Vocative	στᾰφῠλᾰ́γρᾱ staphulágrā	στᾰφῠλᾰ́γρᾱ staphulágrā	στᾰφῠλᾰ́γραι staphulágrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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