ἀνασκαφή

See also: ανασκαφή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀνασκάπτω (anaskáptō) +‎ -η (-ē, verbal noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.nas.ka.pʰɛ̌ː/ → /a.nas.kaˈɸi/ → /a.nas.kaˈfi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.nas.ka.pʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.nas.kaˈpʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.nas.kaˈɸi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.nas.kaˈfi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.nas.kaˈfi/

Noun

ᾰ̓νᾰσκᾰφή • (anaskaphḗ) f (genitive ᾰ̓νᾰσκᾰφῆς); first declension

1. a digging up, an excavation
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 9.3.8

Declension

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓νᾰσκᾰφή; τῆς ᾰ̓νᾰσκᾰφῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓νᾰσκᾰφή hē anaskaphḗ	τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰσκᾰφᾱ́ tṑ anaskaphā́	αἱ ᾰ̓νᾰσκᾰφαί hai anaskaphaí
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓νᾰσκᾰφῆς tês anaskaphês	τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰσκᾰφαῖν toîn anaskaphaîn	τῶν ᾰ̓νᾰσκᾰφῶν tôn anaskaphôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓νᾰσκᾰφῇ têi anaskaphêi	τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰσκᾰφαῖν toîn anaskaphaîn	ταῖς ᾰ̓νᾰσκᾰφαῖς taîs anaskaphaîs
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓νᾰσκᾰφήν tḕn anaskaphḗn	τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰσκᾰφᾱ́ tṑ anaskaphā́	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓νᾰσκᾰφᾱ́ς tā̀s anaskaphā́s
Vocative	ᾰ̓νᾰσκᾰφή anaskaphḗ	ᾰ̓νᾰσκᾰφᾱ́ anaskaphā́	ᾰ̓νᾰσκᾰφαί anaskaphaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ανασκαφή (anaskafí)

References

• “ἀνασκᾰφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀνασκαφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνασκαφή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• ἀνασκαφή in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften