δάφνη
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Beekes reconstructs possible Pre-Greek stem *dakʷ-(n-).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dá.pʰnɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈda.pʰne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈða.ɸni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈða.fni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈða.fni/
Noun
δᾰ́φνη • (dáphnē) f (genitive δᾰ́φνης); first declension
- sweet bay (Laurus nobilis)
- Synonym: λᾰδωνῐ́ς (ladōnís)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ δᾰ́φνη hē dáphnē |
τὼ δᾰ́φνᾱ tṑ dáphnā |
αἱ δᾰ́φναι hai dáphnai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς δᾰ́φνης tês dáphnēs |
τοῖν δᾰ́φναιν toîn dáphnain |
τῶν δᾰφνῶν tôn daphnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ δᾰ́φνῃ têi dáphnēi |
τοῖν δᾰ́φναιν toîn dáphnain |
ταῖς δᾰ́φναις taîs dáphnais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν δᾰ́φνην tḕn dáphnēn |
τὼ δᾰ́φνᾱ tṑ dáphnā |
τᾱ̀ς δᾰ́φνᾱς tā̀s dáphnās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δᾰ́φνη dáphnē |
δᾰ́φνᾱ dáphnā |
δᾰ́φναι dáphnai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Greek: δάφνη (dáfni)
- → Albanian: dafinë, defën, dafan, dhafnë, dhefme — dialectal
- → Aromanian: dafin, dafnu, dafni／dafne, dhafni／dhafne, dafnjauã, dhafnjauã; dafnã, dafinã
- → Bulgarian: дафи́на (dafína)
- → Macedonian: дафина (dafina)
- → Romanian: dafin, dafină, afin, afină
- → Serbo-Croatian: dàfīn／да̀фӣн
- → Sicilian: dàfina, nafra, afra — Calabria
- → Ottoman Turkish: دفنه (defne), تفنه (tefne)
- → Albanian: dafinë
- → Arabic: دِفْلَى (diflā), دِفْلَة (difla), تِفْلَة (tifla)
- → Hebrew: דַּפְנָה (dafná)
- → Late Latin: daphinus
- Translingual: Daphne
- → English: daphne
- → Old Armenian: դափնի (dapʻni), դաբնի (dabni), դափնէ (dapʻnē), դափնիդ (dapʻnid), դաբնիդ (dabnid), դաբնիա (dabnia), դաբնիդայ (dabniday), դաբնիդեայ (dabnideay), դափնիտեայ (dapʻniteay), դաբնընդեմ (dabnəndem)
- →? Old Georgian: დაფნი (dapni)
References
- “δάφνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δάφνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “δάφνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δάφνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δάφνη”, 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 306-307
- δάφνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δάφνη 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.
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դափնի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 643a
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē).
Noun
δάφνη • (dáfni) f (plural δάφνες)
- laurel, bay (tree)
- (cooking) bay, bay leaf
- φύλλο δάφνης ― fýllo dáfnis ― bay leaf
- (figuratively) victory, triumph
- δρέπω δάφνες ― drépo dáfnes ― reap the laurels
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | δάφνη (dáfni) | δάφνες (dáfnes) |
| genitive | δάφνης (dáfnis) | δαφνών (dafnón) |
| accusative | δάφνη (dáfni) | δάφνες (dáfnes) |
| vocative | δάφνη (dáfni) | δάφνες (dáfnes) |
Descendants
(some likely from earlier stages or through Latin)
- → Albanian: dafinë, defën, dafan, dhafnë, dhefme — dialectal
- → Aromanian: dafin, dafnu, dafni／dafne, dhafni／dhafne, dafnjauã, dhafnjauã; dafnã, dafinã
- → Bulgarian: дафи́на (dafína)
- → Macedonian: дафина (dafina)
- → Romanian: dafin, dafină, afin, afină
- → Serbo-Croatian: dàfīn／да̀фӣн
- → Sicilian: dàfina, nafra, afra — Calabria
- → Ottoman Turkish: دفنه (defne), تفنه (tefne)
Further reading
δάφνη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
