ῥαφή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῥάπτω (rháptō) +‎ -ή (-ḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥a.pʰɛ̌ː/ → /raˈɸi/ → /raˈfi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥a.pʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /raˈpʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /raˈɸi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /raˈfi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /raˈfi/

Noun

ῥαφή • (rhaphḗ) f (genitive ῥαφῆς); first declension

1. seam, suture
2. (medicine) stitching, sewing of a wound

Declension

First declension of ἡ ῥαφή; τῆς ῥαφῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῥαφή hē rhaphḗ	τὼ ῥαφᾱ́ tṑ rhaphā́	αἱ ῥαφαί hai rhaphaí
Genitive	τῆς ῥαφῆς tês rhaphês	τοῖν ῥαφαῖν toîn rhaphaîn	τῶν ῥαφῶν tôn rhaphôn
Dative	τῇ ῥαφῇ têi rhaphêi	τοῖν ῥαφαῖν toîn rhaphaîn	ταῖς ῥαφαῖς taîs rhaphaîs
Accusative	τὴν ῥαφήν tḕn rhaphḗn	τὼ ῥαφᾱ́ tṑ rhaphā́	τᾱ̀ς ῥαφᾱ́ς tā̀s rhaphā́s
Vocative	ῥαφή rhaphḗ	ῥαφᾱ́ rhaphā́	ῥαφαί rhaphaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ῥαφεύς (rhapheús)

Descendants

• English: raphe
• Greek: ραφή (rafí)
• Italian: rafe

References

• “ῥαφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ῥαφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ῥαφή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers