"σίλφη" meaning in Ancient Greek

See σίλφη in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /síl.pʰɛː/, /ˈsil.ɸi/, /ˈsil.fi/, /síl.pʰɛː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈsil.pʰe̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈsil.ɸi/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈsil.fi/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈsil.fi/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: The variant could be an artificial Atticism or show a Pre-Greek alternation σ-/τ-. The form semantically and formally resembles σέρφος (sérphos, “small winged insect”), while Furnée connects Latin delpa (“kind of insect”). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek, {{cog|la|delpa||kind of insect}} Latin delpa (“kind of insect”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|σῐ́λφης|f|first|head=σῐ́λφη}} σῐ́λφη • (sílphē) f (genitive σῐ́λφης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|σῐ́λφη|ης|form=F}} Forms: σῐ́λφη [canonical], sílphē [romanization], σῐ́λφης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ σῐ́λφη [nominative, singular], τὼ σῐ́λφᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ σῐ́λφαι [nominative, plural], τῆς σῐ́λφης [genitive, singular], τοῖν σῐ́λφαιν [dual, genitive], τῶν σῐλφῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ σῐ́λφῃ [dative, singular], τοῖν σῐ́λφαιν [dative, dual], ταῖς σῐ́λφαις [dative, plural], τὴν σῐ́λφην [accusative, singular], τὼ σῐ́λφᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς σῐ́λφᾱς [accusative, plural], σῐ́λφη [singular, vocative], σῐ́λφᾱ [dual, vocative], σῐ́λφαι [plural, vocative]
  1. cockroach (Blattella germanica) Categories (lifeform): Insects Synonyms: τῐ́λφη (tílphē)
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      "ipa": "/síl.pʰɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsil.ɸi/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈsil.fi/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/síl.pʰɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈsil.pʰe̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsil.ɸi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsil.fi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsil.fi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "τῶν σῐλφῶν",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "τᾱ̀ς σῐ́λφᾱς",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
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  "pos": "noun",
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈsil.pʰe̝/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈsil.fi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
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      "word": "τῐ́λφη"
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}

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