ὑφαίνω

See also: υφαίνω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-, and therefore related distantly to Old English wefan (whence English weave), Sanskrit उभ्नाति ‎(ubhnāti, “entwine”), Persian بافتن ‎(bâftan), Tocharian A wäp- ‎(“weave”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA: /hy.pʰa͜í.nɔː/ → /y.ˈɸɛ.no/ → /i.ˈfe.no/

• 5th BC Attic: IPA: /hy.pʰa͜í.nɔː/ ambiguous vowel ὑ at 1
• 1st BC Egyptian: IPA: /(h)y.ˈpʰɛ.no/
• 4th AD Koine: IPA: /y.ˈɸɛ.no/
• 10th AD Byzantine: IPA: /y.ˈfe.no/
• 15th AD Constantinopolitan: IPA: /i.ˈfe.no/

Verb

ὑφαίνω • ‎(huphaínō) future: ὑφανῶ aorist: ὕφηνα perfect active: - perfect mediopassive: ὕφασμαι aorist passive: ὑφάνθην

1. I weave

Derived terms

• ὑφάντης ‎(huphántēs)
• ὑφή ‎(huphḗ)

Descendants

• Greek: υφαίνω ‎(yfaíno)

References

• ὑφαίνω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὑφαίνω in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὑφαίνω in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ὑφαίνω» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ὑφαίνω» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ὑφαίνω in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter