ὑφή

See also: υφή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-, possibly via ὑφαίνω (huphaínō, I weave). Cognates include Old English webb (English web).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῠ̔φή (huphḗ) f (genitive ῠ̔φῆς); first declension

  1. web

Usage notes

Mostly used in plural.

Inflection

References

  • ὑφή in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ὑφή in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ὑφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill
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