δαφνῖτις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δᾰ́φνη (dáphnē, “laurel”) +‎ -ῖτις (-îtis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /da.pʰnîː.tis/ → /ðaˈɸni.tis/ → /ðaˈfni.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /da.pʰnîː.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /daˈpʰni.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈɸni.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈfni.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðaˈfni.tis/

Noun

δᾰφνῖτῐς • (daphnîtis) f (genitive δᾰφνῑ́τῐδος); third declension

1. spurge-laurel (Daphne laureola)
2. periwinkle (Vinca herbacea)

   Synonym: χᾰμαιδᾰ́φνη (khamaidáphnē)

3. kind of cassia resembling the laurel

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ δᾰφνῖτῐς; τῆς δᾰφνῑ́τῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δᾰφνῖτῐς hē daphnîtis	τὼ δᾰφνῑ́τῐδε tṑ daphnī́tide	αἱ δᾰφνῑ́τῐδες hai daphnī́tides
Genitive	τῆς δᾰφνῑ́τῐδος tês daphnī́tidos	τοῖν δᾰφνῑτῐ́δοιν toîn daphnītídoin	τῶν δᾰφνῑτῐ́δων tôn daphnītídōn
Dative	τῇ δᾰφνῑ́τῐδῐ têi daphnī́tidi	τοῖν δᾰφνῑτῐ́δοιν toîn daphnītídoin	ταῖς δᾰφνῑ́τῐσῐ / δᾰφνῑ́τῐσῐν taîs daphnī́tisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν δᾰφνῑ́τῐδᾰ tḕn daphnī́tida	τὼ δᾰφνῑ́τῐδε tṑ daphnī́tide	τᾱ̀ς δᾰφνῑ́τῐδᾰς tā̀s daphnī́tidas
Vocative	δᾰφνῖτῐς daphnîtis	δᾰφνῑ́τῐδε daphnī́tide	δᾰφνῑ́τῐδες daphnī́tides
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

References

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