εὐαφής
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + ἁφή (haphḗ, “sense of touch”) + -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eu̯.a.pʰɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.waˈpʰe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.βaˈɸis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.vaˈfis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.vaˈfis/
Adjective
[edit]εὐᾰφής • (euaphḗs) m or f (neuter εὐᾰφές); third declension
- soft to the touch
- (of the mind) easily swayed, flexible
- having a soft touch
- (figuratively) unforced
Declension
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | εὐᾰφής euaphḗs |
εὐᾰφές euaphés |
εὐᾰφεῖ euapheî |
εὐᾰφεῖ euapheî |
εὐᾰφεῖς euapheîs |
εὐᾰφῆ euaphê | ||||||||
Genitive | εὐᾰφοῦς euaphoûs |
εὐᾰφοῦς euaphoûs |
εὐᾰφοῖν euaphoîn |
εὐᾰφοῖν euaphoîn |
εὐᾰφῶν euaphôn |
εὐᾰφῶν euaphôn | ||||||||
Dative | εὐᾰφεῖ euapheî |
εὐᾰφεῖ euapheî |
εὐᾰφοῖν euaphoîn |
εὐᾰφοῖν euaphoîn |
εὐᾰφέσῐ / εὐᾰφέσῐν euaphési(n) |
εὐᾰφέσῐ / εὐᾰφέσῐν euaphési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | εὐᾰφῆ euaphê |
εὐᾰφές euaphés |
εὐᾰφεῖ euapheî |
εὐᾰφεῖ euapheî |
εὐᾰφεῖς euapheîs |
εὐᾰφῆ euaphê | ||||||||
Vocative | εὐᾰφές euaphés |
εὐᾰφές euaphés |
εὐᾰφεῖ euapheî |
εὐᾰφεῖ euapheî |
εὐᾰφεῖς euapheîs |
εὐᾰφῆ euaphê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
εὐᾰφῶς euaphôs |
εὐᾰφέστερος euaphésteros |
εὐᾰφέστᾰτος euaphéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- εὐάφιον (euáphion)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “εὐαφής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “εὐαφής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- εὐαφής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “εὐαφής”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011