ἀκραιφνής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Furnée compares ἀκραπνής (akrapnḗs). If this is reliable, it is a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.krai̯.pʰnɛ̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.krɛˈpʰne̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.krɛˈɸnis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.kreˈfnis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.kreˈfnis/

Adjective

ἀκραιφνής • (akraiphnḗs) m or f (neuter ἀκραιφνές); third declension

unmixed, pure, sheer
untouched, inviolate, intact

Inflection

Third declension of ἀ̆κραιφνής; ἀ̆κραιφνές (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἀ̆κραιφνής akraiphnḗs	ἀ̆κραιφνές akraiphnés	ἀ̆κραιφνεῖ akraiphneî	ἀ̆κραιφνεῖ akraiphneî	ἀ̆κραιφνεῖς akraiphneîs	ἀ̆κραιφνῆ akraiphnê
Genitive	ἀ̆κραιφνοῦς akraiphnoûs	ἀ̆κραιφνοῦς akraiphnoûs	ἀ̆κραιφνοῖν akraiphnoîn	ἀ̆κραιφνοῖν akraiphnoîn	ἀ̆κραιφνῶν akraiphnôn	ἀ̆κραιφνῶν akraiphnôn
Dative	ἀ̆κραιφνεῖ akraiphneî	ἀ̆κραιφνεῖ akraiphneî	ἀ̆κραιφνοῖν akraiphnoîn	ἀ̆κραιφνοῖν akraiphnoîn	ἀ̆κραιφνέσῐ / ἀ̆κραιφνέσῐν akraiphnési(n)	ἀ̆κραιφνέσῐ / ἀ̆κραιφνέσῐν akraiphnési(n)
Accusative	ἀ̆κραιφνῆ akraiphnê	ἀ̆κραιφνές akraiphnés	ἀ̆κραιφνεῖ akraiphneî	ἀ̆κραιφνεῖ akraiphneî	ἀ̆κραιφνεῖς akraiphneîs	ἀ̆κραιφνῆ akraiphnê
Vocative	ἀ̆κραιφνές akraiphnés	ἀ̆κραιφνές akraiphnés	ἀ̆κραιφνεῖ akraiphneî	ἀ̆κραιφνεῖ akraiphneî	ἀ̆κραιφνεῖς akraiphneîs	ἀ̆κραιφνῆ akraiphnê
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ἀ̆κραιφνῶς akraiphnôs		ἀ̆κραιφνέστερος akraiphnésteros		ἀ̆κραιφνέστᾰτος akraiphnéstatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀκραιφνότης (akraiphnótēs)

References

“ἀκραιφνής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἀκραιφνής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀκραιφνής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
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

ἀκραιφνής

Contents

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Inflection

Derived terms

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