κάρφω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

There is no correspondance in other Indo-European languages. A widespread group in Balto-Slavic and Germanic has been adduced: Russian коро́бить (koróbitʹ, “to bend, warp”), Lithuanian skrèbti (“to get stiff”), Old Norse skorpna (“to writhe, wither”), from an Indo-Euopean root *skrebʰ-. Within Greek, we find the glosses κορφῶς (korphôs, “light, small”) and κέρβαλα (kérbala, “weak”). The problem with this etymology is the consistent α-vocalism of the Greek words. According to Beekes, the verb is rather from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kár.pʰɔː/ → /ˈkar.ɸo/ → /ˈkar.fo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kár.pʰɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.pʰo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ɸo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.fo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.fo/

Verb

κᾰ́ρφω • (kárphō)

1. to dry up, wither, shrivel

Inflection

   Present: κᾰ́ρφω, κᾰ́ρφομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	κᾰ́ρφω	κᾰ́ρφεις	κᾰ́ρφει	κᾰ́ρφετον	κᾰ́ρφετον	κᾰ́ρφομεν	κᾰ́ρφετε	κᾰ́ρφουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	κᾰ́ρφω	κᾰ́ρφῃς	κᾰ́ρφῃ	κᾰ́ρφητον	κᾰ́ρφητον	κᾰ́ρφωμεν	κᾰ́ρφητε	κᾰ́ρφωσῐ(ν)
	optative	κᾰ́ρφοιμῐ	κᾰ́ρφοις	κᾰ́ρφοι	κᾰ́ρφοιτον	κᾰρφοίτην	κᾰ́ρφοιμεν	κᾰ́ρφοιτε	κᾰ́ρφοιεν
	imperative		κᾰ́ρφε	κᾰρφέτω	κᾰ́ρφετον	κᾰρφέτων		κᾰ́ρφετε	κᾰρφόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	κᾰ́ρφομαι	κᾰ́ρφῃ, κᾰ́ρφει	κᾰ́ρφεται	κᾰ́ρφεσθον	κᾰ́ρφεσθον	κᾰρφόμεθᾰ	κᾰ́ρφεσθε	κᾰ́ρφονται
	subjunctive	κᾰ́ρφωμαι	κᾰ́ρφῃ	κᾰ́ρφηται	κᾰ́ρφησθον	κᾰ́ρφησθον	κᾰρφώμεθᾰ	κᾰ́ρφησθε	κᾰ́ρφωνται
	optative	κᾰρφοίμην	κᾰ́ρφοιο	κᾰ́ρφοιτο	κᾰ́ρφοισθον	κᾰρφοίσθην	κᾰρφοίμεθᾰ	κᾰ́ρφοισθε	κᾰ́ρφοιντο
	imperative		κᾰ́ρφου	κᾰρφέσθω	κᾰ́ρφεσθον	κᾰρφέσθων		κᾰ́ρφεσθε	κᾰρφέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		κᾰ́ρφειν				κᾰ́ρφεσθαι
participle	m	κᾰ́ρφων				κᾰρφόμενος
	f	κᾰ́ρφουσᾰ				κᾰρφομένη
	n	κᾰ́ρφον				κᾰρφόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: κᾰ́ρψω, κᾰ́ρψομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	κᾰ́ρψω	κᾰ́ρψεις	κᾰ́ρψει	κᾰ́ρψετον	κᾰ́ρψετον	κᾰ́ρψομεν	κᾰ́ρψετε	κᾰ́ρψουσῐ(ν)
	optative	κᾰ́ρψοιμῐ	κᾰ́ρψοις	κᾰ́ρψοι	κᾰ́ρψοιτον	κᾰρψοίτην	κᾰ́ρψοιμεν	κᾰ́ρψοιτε	κᾰ́ρψοιεν
middle	indicative	κᾰ́ρψομαι	κᾰ́ρψῃ, κᾰ́ρψει	κᾰ́ρψεται	κᾰ́ρψεσθον	κᾰ́ρψεσθον	κᾰρψόμεθᾰ	κᾰ́ρψεσθε	κᾰ́ρψονται
	optative	κᾰρψοίμην	κᾰ́ρψοιο	κᾰ́ρψοιτο	κᾰ́ρψοισθον	κᾰρψοίσθην	κᾰρψοίμεθᾰ	κᾰ́ρψοισθε	κᾰ́ρψοιντο
		active			middle
infinitive		κᾰ́ρψειν			κᾰ́ρψεσθαι
participle	m	κᾰ́ρψων			κᾰρψόμενος
	f	κᾰ́ρψουσᾰ			κᾰρψομένη
	n	κᾰ́ρψον			κᾰρψόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

• καρφαρεῖον (karphareîon)
• καρφομιγής (karphomigḗs)
• καρφοπέταλον (karphopétalon)
• καρφώνω (karphṓnō)
• κᾰρφεῖᾰ (karpheîa)
• κᾰρφηρός (karphērós)
• κᾰρφοειδής (karphoeidḗs)
• κᾰρφολογέω (karphologéō)
• κᾰ́ρφος (kárphos)
• κᾰρφώδης (karphṓdēs)
• κᾰρφᾰλέος (karphaléos)
• κᾰρφῐ́ον (karphíon)
• κᾰρφῐσμός (karphismós)
• κᾰρφῑ́της (karphī́tēs)
• κᾰτᾰκᾰ́ρφω (katakárphō)
• ὑποκᾰ́ρφω (hupokárphō)

 

Further reading

• “κάρφω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κάρφω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κάρφω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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