ἀφάρκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pʰár.kɛː/ → /aˈɸar.ci/ → /aˈfar.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pʰár.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpʰar.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈɸar.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈfar.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈfar.ci/

Noun

ἀφᾰ́ρκη • (aphárkē) f (genitive ἀφᾰ́ρκης); first declension

1. hybrid strawberry tree (Arbutus × andrachnoides)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀφᾰ́ρκη; τῆς ἀφᾰ́ρκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀφᾰ́ρκη hē aphárkē	τὼ ἀφᾰ́ρκᾱ tṑ aphárkā	αἱ ἀφᾰ́ρκαι hai aphárkai
Genitive	τῆς ἀφᾰ́ρκης tês aphárkēs	τοῖν ἀφᾰ́ρκαιν toîn aphárkain	τῶν ἀφᾰρκῶν tôn apharkôn
Dative	τῇ ἀφᾰ́ρκῃ têi aphárkēi	τοῖν ἀφᾰ́ρκαιν toîn aphárkain	ταῖς ἀφᾰ́ρκαις taîs aphárkais
Accusative	τὴν ἀφᾰ́ρκην tḕn aphárkēn	τὼ ἀφᾰ́ρκᾱ tṑ aphárkā	τᾱ̀ς ἀφᾰ́ρκᾱς tā̀s aphárkās
Vocative	ἀφᾰ́ρκη aphárkē	ἀφᾰ́ρκᾱ aphárkā	ἀφᾰ́ρκαι aphárkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀφάρκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀφάρκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀφάρκη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀφάρκη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 176