Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /ðáɸni/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðáfni/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðáfni/

Proper noun

Δάφνη • ‎(Dáphnē) f ‎(genitive Δάφνης); first declension

1. Daphne

Inflection

Related terms

• Δαφναί ‎(Daphnaí)

Descendants

• English: Daphne
• Greek: Δάφνη ‎(Dáfni)
• Italian: Dafne
• Latin: Daphne

Ancient Greek

Noun

δάφνη • ‎(dáphnē) f ‎(genitive δάφνης); first declension

1. laurel, bay

Descendants

• Greek: δάφνη ‎(dáfni)

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
• «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 (© 2006–2016)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bay idem, page 65.
  • laurel idem, page 479.

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

External links

• δάφνη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el