ἁφή

See also: αφή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἅπτω (háptō, “to kindle, set fire; to touch; to fasten”) +‎ -ή (-ḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ha.pʰɛ̌ː/ → /aˈɸi/ → /aˈfi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ha.pʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)aˈpʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈɸi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈfi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈfi/

Noun

ἁφή • (haphḗ) f (genitive ἁφῆς); first declension

1. lighting, kindling
2. touch, sense of touch
3. (in wrestling) grip
4. sand sprinkled over wrestlers, to enable them to get a grip of one another
5. (mathematics) point of contact, intersection
6. (in the plural) stripes, strokes
7. (pathology) infection, especially of leprosy
8. (anatomy) junction, point of contact in the body, ligament

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἁφή; τῆς ἁφῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἁφή hē haphḗ	τὼ ἁφᾱ́ tṑ haphā́	αἱ ἁφαί hai haphaí
Genitive	τῆς ἁφῆς tês haphês	τοῖν ἁφαῖν toîn haphaîn	τῶν ἁφῶν tôn haphôn
Dative	τῇ ἁφῇ têi haphêi	τοῖν ἁφαῖν toîn haphaîn	ταῖς ἁφαῖς taîs haphaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἁφήν tḕn haphḗn	τὼ ἁφᾱ́ tṑ haphā́	τᾱ̀ς ἁφᾱ́ς tā̀s haphā́s
Vocative	ἁφή haphḗ	ἁφᾱ́ haphā́	ἁφαί haphaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀνᾰφής (anaphḗs)
• εὐᾰφής (euaphḗs)

Descendants

• Greek: αφή (afí)
• → Latin: afa

Further reading

• “ἁφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἁφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἁφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἁφή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)