ῥαφή

See also: ραφή and ῥάφη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥᾰ́πτω (rháptō, “to sew together, stitch”) +‎ -η (-ē, action noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥a.pʰɛ̌ː/ → /raˈɸi/ → /raˈfi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥a.pʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /raˈpʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /raˈɸi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /raˈfi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /raˈfi/

Noun

ῥᾰφή • (rhaphḗ) f (genitive ῥᾰφῆς); first declension

1. seam
   1. (anatomy) suture of the skull, the heart or other parts
2. stitching, sewing

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῥᾰφή; τῆς ῥᾰφῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥᾰφή hē rhaphḗ	τὼ ῥᾰφᾱ́ tṑ rhaphā́	αἱ ῥᾰφαί hai rhaphaí
Genitive	τῆς ῥᾰφῆς tês rhaphês	τοῖν ῥᾰφαῖν toîn rhaphaîn	τῶν ῥᾰφῶν tôn rhaphôn
Dative	τῇ ῥᾰφῇ têi rhaphêi	τοῖν ῥᾰφαῖν toîn rhaphaîn	ταῖς ῥᾰφαῖς taîs rhaphaîs
Accusative	τὴν ῥᾰφήν tḕn rhaphḗn	τὼ ῥᾰφᾱ́ tṑ rhaphā́	τᾱ̀ς ῥᾰφᾱ́ς tā̀s rhaphā́s
Vocative	ῥᾰφή rhaphḗ	ῥᾰφᾱ́ rhaphā́	ῥᾰφαί rhaphaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ραφή (rafí)
• → New Latin: raphē
  • → Catalan: rafe
  • → English: raphe
  • → Italian: rafe

References

• “ῥαφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ῥαφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ῥαφή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers