κηφήν
Ancient Greek
FWOTD – 8 July 2018
Alternative forms
- καφάν (kaphán)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kɛː.pʰɛ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /keˈpʰen/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kiˈɸin/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ciˈfin/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ciˈfin/
Noun
κηφήν • (kēphḗn) m (genitive κηφῆνος); third declension
- an apian drone (male bee)
- (used disparagingly of people) a lazy vagabond
- a literary plagiarist
- Palatine Anthology 7.708
- (figuratively) a worn-out, decrepit person
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κηφήν ho kēphḗn |
τὼ κηφῆνε tṑ kēphêne |
οἱ κηφῆνες hoi kēphênes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κηφῆνος toû kēphênos |
τοῖν κηφήνοιν toîn kēphḗnoin |
τῶν κηφήνων tôn kēphḗnōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κηφῆνῐ tôi kēphêni |
τοῖν κηφήνοιν toîn kēphḗnoin |
τοῖς κηφῆσῐ / κηφῆσῐν toîs kēphêsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κηφῆνᾰ tòn kēphêna |
τὼ κηφῆνε tṑ kēphêne |
τοὺς κηφῆνᾰς toùs kēphênas | ||||||||||
Vocative | κηφήν kēphḗn |
κηφῆνε kēphêne |
κηφῆνες kēphênes | ||||||||||
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References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κηφήν, -ῆνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 691-692
Further reading
- κηφήν in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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