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Ancient Greek
Etymology
A nominal formation in -ῐς (-is) from the root of σταφυλή (staphulḗ, “bunch of grapes”), of Pre-Greek origin.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /as.ta.pʰís/ → /as.taˈɸis/ → /as.taˈfis/
Noun
ἀστᾰφίς • (astaphís) f (genitive ἀστᾰφίδος); third declension
- (collective) raisins, dried grapes
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References
Further reading
- “ἀσταφίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀσταφίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀσταφίς 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.
- “ἀσταφίς”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011