ῥάφυς

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥á.pʰys/ → /ˈra.ɸys/ → /ˈra.fis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥á.pʰys/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈra.pʰys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈra.ɸys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈra.fys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈra.fis/

Noun

ῥᾰ́φῠς • (rháphus) f (genitive ῥᾰ́φῠος); third declension

1. Alternative spelling of ῥάπυς (rhápus, “turnip”)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ῥᾰ́φῠς; τῆς ῥᾰ́φῠος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥᾰ́φῠς hē rháphus	τὼ ῥᾰ́φῠε tṑ rháphue	αἱ ῥᾰ́φῠες hai rháphues
Genitive	τῆς ῥᾰ́φῠος tês rháphuos	τοῖν ῥᾰφῠ́οιν toîn rhaphúoin	τῶν ῥᾰφῠ́ων tôn rhaphúōn
Dative	τῇ ῥᾰ́φῠῐ̈ / ῥᾰ́φυι têi rháphuï / rháphui	τοῖν ῥᾰφῠ́οιν toîn rhaphúoin	ταῖς ῥᾰ́φῠσῐ / ῥᾰ́φῠσῐν taîs rháphusi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῥᾰ́φῠν tḕn rháphun	τὼ ῥᾰ́φῠε tṑ rháphue	τᾱ̀ς ῥᾰ́φῡς / ῥᾰ́φῠᾰς tā̀s rháphūs / rháphuas
Vocative	ῥᾰ́φῠ rháphu	ῥᾰ́φῠε rháphue	ῥᾰ́φῠες rháphues
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ῥάφυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ῥάφυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette