σταφυλῖνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From στᾰφῠλή (staphulḗ, “grape”) +‎ -ῖνος (-înos)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sta.pʰy.lîː.nos/ → /sta.ɸyˈli.nos/ → /sta.fiˈli.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sta.pʰy.lîː.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sta.pʰyˈli.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sta.ɸyˈli.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sta.fyˈli.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sta.fiˈli.nos/

Noun

στᾰφῠλῖνος • (staphulînos) m (genitive στᾰφῠλῑ́νου); second declension

1. carrot
2. grapevine
3. type of insect, about the size of a beetle

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ στᾰφῠλῖνος; τοῦ στᾰφῠλῑ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ στᾰφῠλῖνος ho staphulînos	τὼ στᾰφῠλῑ́νω tṑ staphulī́nō	οἱ στᾰφῠλῖνοι hoi staphulînoi
Genitive	τοῦ στᾰφῠλῑ́νου toû staphulī́nou	τοῖν στᾰφῠλῑ́νοιν toîn staphulī́noin	τῶν στᾰφῠλῑ́νων tôn staphulī́nōn
Dative	τῷ στᾰφῠλῑ́νῳ tôi staphulī́nōi	τοῖν στᾰφῠλῑ́νοιν toîn staphulī́noin	τοῖς στᾰφῠλῑ́νοις toîs staphulī́nois
Accusative	τὸν στᾰφῠλῖνον tòn staphulînon	τὼ στᾰφῠλῑ́νω tṑ staphulī́nō	τοὺς στᾰφῠλῑ́νους toùs staphulī́nous
Vocative	στᾰφῠλῖνε staphulîne	στᾰφῠλῑ́νω staphulī́nō	στᾰφῠλῖνοι staphulînoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Aramaic:
  • Classical Syriac: ܐܣܛܦܠܝܢ (ʾesṭap̄līn)
  • → Arabic: إصْطَفْلِين (ʔiṣṭaflīn)
• Armenian:
  • Middle Armenian: ստեպղին (stepġin)
    • Armenian: ստեպղին (stepġin)
• Georgian: სტაფილო (sṭapilo)
• Greek: σταφυλίνος (stafylínos)
• Latin: staphylīnus

References

• “σταφυλῖνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σταφυλῖνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “σταφυλῖνος”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 272