ἁφή

See also: αφή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἅπτω (háptō, “to kindle, set fire; to touch; to fasten”) +‎ -ή (-ḗ).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἁφή • (haphḗ) f (genitive ἁφῆς); first declension

  1. lighting, kindling
  2. touch, sense of touch
  3. (in wrestling) grip
  4. sand sprinkled over wrestlers, to enable them to get a grip of one another
  5. (mathematics) point of contact, intersection
  6. (in the plural) stripes, strokes
  7. (pathology) infection, especially of leprosy
  8. (anatomy) junction, point of contact in the body, ligament

Declension
First declension of ἡ ἁφή; τῆς ἁφῆς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἁφή
hē haphḗ		 τὼ ἁφᾱ́
tṑ haphā́		 αἱ ἁφαί
hai haphaí
Genitive τῆς ἁφῆς
tês haphês		 τοῖν ἁφαῖν
toîn haphaîn		 τῶν ἁφῶν
tôn haphôn
Dative τῇ ἁφῇ
têi haphêi		 τοῖν ἁφαῖν
toîn haphaîn		 ταῖς ἁφαῖς
taîs haphaîs
Accusative τὴν ἁφήν
tḕn haphḗn		 τὼ ἁφᾱ́
tṑ haphā́		 τᾱ̀ς ἁφᾱ́ς
tā̀s haphā́s
Vocative ἁφή
haphḗ		 ἁφᾱ́
haphā́		 ἁφαί
haphaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Greek: αφή (afí)
  • → Latin: afa

Further reading
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