Ἀφροδίτη
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- [Cypriot needed] (a-po-ro-ti-si-jo) — Cypriot (ICS2 327)
- Ἀφορδίτα (Aphordíta) — Crete
- Ἀφροδίτα (Aphrodíta) — Aeolic, Doric
- Ἀφρόδιτα (Aphródita) — Lesbian Aeolic
Etymology
editThe theonym is found in Homer and Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.). Traditionally it has been viewed as a compound, ἀφρός (aphrós, “sea foam, froth”) + -δίτη (-dítē), connecting the first part with the legend of the goddess' birth.[1] This has not been accepted by modern scholars.
There is no etymology generally accepted in scholarship. Some such as Beekes propose that the name in its entirety is a loan from a non-Greek language, of probable "oriental origin", possibly Cypriot Phoenician (such as in the Idalion bilingual). A connection to Akkadian 𒀭𒈹 (dIštar) has been further proposed.[2][3]
An older, now rejected proposal[4][5] of a Greek etymology connects -δίτη (-dítē) with the verb δέατο (déato, “to shine, to appear, seem”) (Homeric δῆλος (dêlos, “visible, conspicuous, clear”)) and interprets the name as originating from an epithet of the dawn goddess Ἠώς (Ēṓs).
Associated by the Romans with Venus, originally a goddess of less meaning and prominence.
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Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.pʰro.dǐː.tɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.pʰroˈdi.te̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ɸroˈði.ti/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.froˈði.ti/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.froˈði.ti/
Proper noun
editᾸ̓φροδῑ́τη • (Aphrodī́tē) f (genitive Ᾰ̓φροδῑ́της); first declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Ἀφροδῑ́τη hē Aphrodī́tē | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Ἀφροδῑ́της tês Aphrodī́tēs | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Ἀφροδῑ́τῃ têi Aphrodī́tēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Ἀφροδῑ́την tḕn Aphrodī́tēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἀφροδῑ́τη Aphrodī́tē | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- ἀφροδίσιος (aphrodísios)
- ἀφροδίσια (aphrodísia)
- ἀφροδισιάς (aphrodisiás)
- ἀφροδισιακός (aphrodisiakós)
- ἀφροδισιάζω (aphrodisiázō)
- ἀφροδισιασμός (aphrodisiasmós)
- ἀφροδισιαστής (aphrodisiastḗs)
- ἀφροδισιαστικός (aphrodisiastikós)
Descendants
edit- Coptic: ⲁⲫⲣⲟⲇⲓⲧⲏ (aphroditē)
- Greek: Αφροδίτη (Afrodíti)
- →? Albanian: Afërditë
- → Latin: Aphrodite
- → Russian: Афроди́та (Afrodíta)
- → Translingual: Aphrodita
- → Messapic: 𐌀𐌐𐌓𐌏𐌃𐌉𐌕𐌀 (aprodita)
References
edit- “Ἀφροδίτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ἀφροδίτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Ἀφροδίτη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Ἀφροδίτη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Ἀφροδίτη 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, page 1,001
- ^ Paul Kretschmer, “Zum pamphylischen Dialekt”, Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiet der Indogermanischen Sprachen 33 (1895): 267.
- ^ Robert Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, vol. 1 (Leiden-Boston: Brill, 2010), 179.
- ^ Martin Litchfield West, “The Name of Aphrodite”, Glotta 76 (2000): 134-8.
- ^ Ernst Maaß, “Aphrodite und die hl. Pelagia”, Neue Jahrbücher für das klassische Altertum 27 (1911): 457-468.
- ^ Vittore Pisani, “Akmon e Dieus”, Archivio glottologico italiano 24 (1930): 65-73.
Further reading
edit- Ancient Greek compound terms
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Phoenician
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Akkadian
- Ancient Greek 4-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek proper nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns
- Ancient Greek first-declension proper nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns in the first declension
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
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