ἀκαλήφη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀκαλύφη (akalúphē)

Etymology

Unknown. The variation "υ/η" could point to a Pre-Greek word, although there are no clear parallels to it.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ka.lɛ̌ː.pʰɛː/ → /a.kaˈli.ɸi/ → /a.kaˈli.fi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ka.lɛ̌ː.pʰɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kaˈle̝.pʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.kaˈli.ɸi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.kaˈli.fi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.kaˈli.fi/

Noun

ἀκᾰλήφη • (akalḗphē) f (genitive ἀκᾰλήφης); first declension

1. stinging nettle (Urtica dioica)

   Synonym: κνῑ́δη (knī́dē)

2. sting
3. sea anemone

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀκαλήφη; τῆς ἀκαλήφης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀκαλήφη hē akalḗphē	τὼ ἀκαλήφᾱ tṑ akalḗphā	αἱ ἀκαλῆφαι hai akalêphai
Genitive	τῆς ἀκαλήφης tês akalḗphēs	τοῖν ἀκαλήφαιν toîn akalḗphain	τῶν ἀκαληφῶν tôn akalēphôn
Dative	τῇ ἀκαλήφῃ têi akalḗphēi	τοῖν ἀκαλήφαιν toîn akalḗphain	ταῖς ἀκαλήφαις taîs akalḗphais
Accusative	τὴν ἀκαλήφην tḕn akalḗphēn	τὼ ἀκαλήφᾱ tṑ akalḗphā	τᾱ̀ς ἀκαλήφᾱς tā̀s akalḗphās
Vocative	ἀκαλήφη akalḗphē	ἀκαλήφᾱ akalḗphā	ἀκαλῆφαι akalêphai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀκαλήφη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀκαλήφη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀκαλήφη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀκαλήφη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • nettle idem, page 556.
• 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