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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Perhaps from Pre-Greek. Previously related to κωφός (kōphós, “dumb, deaf”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɛː.pʰɛ̌ːn/ → /ciˈɸin/ → /ciˈfin/
Noun
κηφήν • (kēphḗn) m (genitive κηφῆνος); third declension
- an apian drone (male bee)
- Synonym: θρῶναξ (thrônax)
- (used disparagingly of people) a lazy vagabond
- a literary plagiarist
- (figuratively) a worn-out, decrepit person
Declension
Descendants
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κηφήν, -ῆνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 691-692
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