ἀκραιφνής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Furnée compares ἀκραπνής (akrapnḗs). If this is reliable, it is a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.krai̯.pʰnɛ̌ːs/ → /a.krɛˈɸnis/ → /a.kreˈfnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.krai̯.pʰnɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.krɛˈpʰne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.krɛˈɸnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.kreˈfnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.kreˈfnis/

Adjective

ἀκραιφνής • (akraiphnḗs) m or f (neuter ἀκραιφνές); third declension

1. unmixed, pure, sheer
2. untouched, inviolate, intact

Inflection

Third declension of ἀ̆κραιφνής; ἀ̆κραιφνές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀ̆κραιφνής akraiphnḗs	ἀ̆κραιφνές akraiphnés		ἀ̆κραιφνεῖ akraiphneî	ἀ̆κραιφνεῖ akraiphneî		ἀ̆κραιφνεῖς akraiphneîs	ἀ̆κραιφνῆ akraiphnê
Genitive		ἀ̆κραιφνοῦς akraiphnoûs	ἀ̆κραιφνοῦς akraiphnoûs		ἀ̆κραιφνοῖν akraiphnoîn	ἀ̆κραιφνοῖν akraiphnoîn		ἀ̆κραιφνῶν akraiphnôn	ἀ̆κραιφνῶν akraiphnôn
Dative		ἀ̆κραιφνεῖ akraiphneî	ἀ̆κραιφνεῖ akraiphneî		ἀ̆κραιφνοῖν akraiphnoîn	ἀ̆κραιφνοῖν akraiphnoîn		ἀ̆κραιφνέσῐ / ἀ̆κραιφνέσῐν akraiphnési(n)	ἀ̆κραιφνέσῐ / ἀ̆κραιφνέσῐν akraiphnési(n)
Accusative		ἀ̆κραιφνῆ akraiphnê	ἀ̆κραιφνές akraiphnés		ἀ̆κραιφνεῖ akraiphneî	ἀ̆κραιφνεῖ akraiphneî		ἀ̆κραιφνεῖς akraiphneîs	ἀ̆κραιφνῆ akraiphnê
Vocative		ἀ̆κραιφνές akraiphnés	ἀ̆κραιφνές akraiphnés		ἀ̆κραιφνεῖ akraiphneî	ἀ̆κραιφνεῖ akraiphneî		ἀ̆κραιφνεῖς akraiphneîs	ἀ̆κραιφνῆ akraiphnê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀ̆κραιφνῶς akraiphnôs			ἀ̆κραιφνέστερος akraiphnésteros			ἀ̆κραιφνέστᾰτος akraiphnéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀκραιφνότης (akraiphnótēs)

References

• “ἀκραιφνής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀκραιφνής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀκραιφνής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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, →ISBN