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Ancient Greek
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/
Noun
ἀκᾰλήφη • (akalḗphē) f (genitive ἀκᾰλήφης); first declension
- stinging nettle (Urtica dioica)
- Synonym: κνῑ́δη (knī́dē)
- sting
- sea anemone
Inflection
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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- 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