δάφνη

See also: Δάφνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • δᾰ́φνᾱ (dáphnā) — Doric
  • δαύχνα (daúkhna) — Thessalian
  • λᾰ́φνη (láphnē) — Epic

Etymology

Beekes reconstructs possible Pre-Greek stem *dakʷ-(n-).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

δᾰ́φνη • (dáphnē) f (genitive δᾰ́φνης); first declension

  1. sweet bay (Laurus nobilis)
    Synonym: λᾰδωνῐ́ς (ladōnís)

Declension
First declension of ἡ δᾰ́φνη; τῆς δᾰ́φνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ δᾰ́φνη
hē dáphnē		 τὼ δᾰ́φνᾱ
tṑ dáphnā		 αἱ δᾰ́φναι
hai dáphnai
Genitive τῆς δᾰ́φνης
tês dáphnēs		 τοῖν δᾰ́φναιν
toîn dáphnain		 τῶν δᾰφνῶν
tôn daphnôn
Dative τῇ δᾰ́φνῃ
têi dáphnēi		 τοῖν δᾰ́φναιν
toîn dáphnain		 ταῖς δᾰ́φναις
taîs dáphnais
Accusative τὴν δᾰ́φνην
tḕn dáphnēn		 τὼ δᾰ́φνᾱ
tṑ dáphnā		 τᾱ̀ς δᾰ́φνᾱς
tā̀s dáphnās
Vocative δᾰ́φνη
dáphnē		 δᾰ́φνᾱ
dáphnā		 δᾰ́φναι
dáphnai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Greek: δάφνη (dáfni)
    • → Albanian: dafinë, defën, dafan, dhafnë, dhefme
    • → Aromanian: dafin, dafnu, dafni／dafne, dhafni／dhafne, dafnjauã, dhafnjauã; dafnã, dafinã
    • → Bulgarian: дафи́на (dafína)
    • → Macedonian: дафина (dafina)
    • → Romanian: dafin, dafină, afin, afină
    • → Serbo-Croatian: dàfīn／да̀фӣн
    • → Sicilian: dàfina, nafra, afra — Calabria
    • → Ottoman Turkish: دفنه (defne), تفنه (tefne)
      • Turkish: defne
      • → Azerbaijani: dəfnə
      • → Middle Armenian: թէֆնէ (tʻēfnē)
      • → Uzbek: dafna
  • → Arabic: دِفْلَى (diflā), دِفْلَة (difla), تِفْلَة (tifla)
    • → Classical Mandaic: ࡃࡐࡋࡀ
    • → Middle Armenian: տֆլայ (tflay), տիֆլայ (tiflay)
    • → Spanish: adelfa
  • → Hebrew: דַּפְנָה (dafná)
  • → Late Latin: daphinus
  • Translingual: Daphne
  • → Old Armenian: դափնի (dapʻni), դաբնի (dabni), դափնէ (dapʻnē), դափնիդ (dapʻnid), դաբնիդ (dabnid), դաբնիա (dabnia), դաբնիդայ (dabniday), դաբնիդեայ (dabnideay), դափնիտեայ (dapʻniteay), դաբնընդեմ (dabnəndem)
  • →? Old Georgian: დაფნი (dapni)

References
  • “δάφνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “δάφνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “δάφνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • δάφνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δάφνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 306-307
  • δάφνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • δάφνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դափնի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 643a

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē).

Noun

δάφνη • (dáfni) f (plural δάφνες)

  1. laurel, bay (tree)
  2. (cooking) bay, bay leaf
    φύλλο δάφνης ― fýllo dáfnis ― bay leaf
  3. (figuratively) victory, triumph
    δρέπω δάφνες ― drépo dáfnes ― reap the laurels

Declension
declension of δάφνη
case     \     number singular plural
nominative δάφνη • δάφνες •
genitive δάφνης • δαφνών •
accusative δάφνη • δάφνες •
vocative δάφνη • δάφνες •

Descendants

(some likely from earlier stages or through Latin)

  • → Albanian: dafinë, defën, dafan, dhafnë, dhefme
  • → Aromanian: dafin, dafnu, dafni／dafne, dhafni／dhafne, dafnjauã, dhafnjauã; dafnã, dafinã
  • → Bulgarian: дафи́на (dafína)
  • → Macedonian: дафина (dafina)
  • → Romanian: dafin, dafină, afin, afină
  • → Serbo-Croatian: dàfīn／да̀фӣн
  • → Sicilian: dàfina, nafra, afra — Calabria
  • → Ottoman Turkish: دفنه (defne), تفنه (tefne)
    • Turkish: defne
    • → Azerbaijani: dəfnə
    • → Middle Armenian: թէֆնէ (tʻēfnē)
    • → Uzbek: dafna

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