δάφνη

See also: Δάφνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• δᾰ́φνᾱ (dáphnā) — Doric
• δαύχνα (daúkhna) — Thessalian
• λᾰ́φνη (láphnē) — Epic

Etymology

Beekes reconstructs possible Pre-Greek stem *dakʷ-(n-).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dá.pʰnɛː/ → /ˈða.ɸni/ → /ˈða.fni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dá.pʰnɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈda.pʰne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈða.ɸni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈða.fni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈða.fni/

Noun

δᾰ́φνη • (dáphnē) f (genitive δᾰ́φνης); first declension

1. sweet bay (Laurus nobilis)

   Synonym: λᾰδωνῐ́ς (ladōnís)

Declension

First declension of ἡ δᾰ́φνη; τῆς δᾰ́φνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δᾰ́φνη hē dáphnē	τὼ δᾰ́φνᾱ tṑ dáphnā	αἱ δᾰ́φναι hai dáphnai
Genitive	τῆς δᾰ́φνης tês dáphnēs	τοῖν δᾰ́φναιν toîn dáphnain	τῶν δᾰφνῶν tôn daphnôn
Dative	τῇ δᾰ́φνῃ têi dáphnēi	τοῖν δᾰ́φναιν toîn dáphnain	ταῖς δᾰ́φναις taîs dáphnais
Accusative	τὴν δᾰ́φνην tḕn dáphnēn	τὼ δᾰ́φνᾱ tṑ dáphnā	τᾱ̀ς δᾰ́φνᾱς tā̀s dáphnās
Vocative	δᾰ́φνη dáphnē	δᾰ́φνᾱ dáphnā	δᾰ́φναι dáphnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δαφνηφόρος (daphnēphóros)
• δάφνινος (dáphninos)
• Δάφνις (Dáphnis)
• δαφνίς (daphnís)
• δᾰφνῖτῐς (daphnîtis)
• δαφνώδης (daphnṓdēs)

 

Descendants

• Greek: δάφνη (dáfni)
  • → Albanian: dafinë, defën, dafan, dhafnë, dhefme — dialectal
  • → Aromanian: dafin, dafnu, dafni／dafne, dhafni／dhafne, dafnjauã, dhafnjauã; dafnã, dafinã
  • → Bulgarian: дафи́на (dafína)
  • → Macedonian: дафина (dafina)
  • → Romanian: dafin, dafină, afin, afină
  • → Serbo-Croatian: dàfīn／да̀фӣн
  • → Sicilian: dàfina, nafra, afra — Calabria
  • → Ottoman Turkish: دفنه (defne), تفنه (tefne)
    • Turkish: defne
    • → Azerbaijani: dəfnə
    • → Middle Armenian: թէֆնէ (tʻēfnē)
    • → Uzbek: dafna
  • → Albanian: dafinë
• → Arabic: دِفْلَى (diflā), دِفْلَة (difla), تِفْلَة (tifla)
  • → Classical Mandaic: ࡃࡐࡋࡀ
  • → Middle Armenian: տֆլայ (tflay), տիֆլայ (tiflay)
  • → Spanish: adelfa
    • → Cebuano: adelpa
    • → Hiligaynon: adelpa
    • → Tagalog: adelpa
• → Hebrew: דַּפְנָה (dafná)
• → Late Latin: daphinus
  • Romanian: dafin, afin
• Translingual: Daphne
  • → English: daphne
• → Old Armenian: դափնի (dapʻni), դաբնի (dabni), դափնէ (dapʻnē), դափնիդ (dapʻnid), դաբնիդ (dabnid), դաբնիա (dabnia), դաբնիդայ (dabniday), դաբնիդեայ (dabnideay), դափնիտեայ (dapʻniteay), դաբնընդեմ (dabnəndem)
  • Armenian: դափնի (dapʻni)
  • →? Old Georgian: დაფნი (dapni)
    • Middle Georgian: დაფნი (dapni)
      • ⇒ Georgian: დაფნა (dapna)
• →? Old Georgian: დაფნი (dapni)

References

• “δάφνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δάφνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “δάφνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δάφνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δάφνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 306-307
• δάφνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δάφνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bay idem, page 65.
  • laurel idem, page 479.
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դափնի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 643a

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē).

Noun

δάφνη • (dáfni) f (plural δάφνες)

1. laurel, bay (tree)
2. (cooking) bay, bay leaf

   φύλλο δάφνης ― fýllo dáfnis ― bay leaf

3. (figuratively) victory, triumph

   δρέπω δάφνες ― drépo dáfnes ― reap the laurels

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	δάφνη (dáfni)	δάφνες (dáfnes)
genitive	δάφνης (dáfnis)	δαφνών (dafnón)
accusative	δάφνη (dáfni)	δάφνες (dáfnes)
vocative	δάφνη (dáfni)	δάφνες (dáfnes)

Descendants

(some likely from earlier stages or through Latin)

• → Albanian: dafinë, defën, dafan, dhafnë, dhefme — dialectal
• → Aromanian: dafin, dafnu, dafni／dafne, dhafni／dhafne, dafnjauã, dhafnjauã; dafnã, dafinã
• → Bulgarian: дафи́на (dafína)
• → Macedonian: дафина (dafina)
• → Romanian: dafin, dafină, afin, afină
• → Serbo-Croatian: dàfīn／да̀фӣн
• → Sicilian: dàfina, nafra, afra — Calabria
• → Ottoman Turkish: دفنه (defne), تفنه (tefne)
  • Turkish: defne
  • → Azerbaijani: dəfnə
  • → Middle Armenian: թէֆնէ (tʻēfnē)
  • → Uzbek: dafna

Further reading

• δάφνη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el