ἀσταφίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὀσταφίς (ostaphís) (Cratin.)
• σταφίς (staphís) (Hippocrates)

Etymology

A nominal formation in -ῐς (-is) from the root of σταφυλή (staphulḗ, “bunch of grapes”), of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.ta.pʰís/ → /as.taˈɸis/ → /as.taˈfis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.ta.pʰís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /as.taˈpʰis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /as.taˈɸis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /as.taˈfis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /as.taˈfis/

Noun

ἀστᾰφίς • (astaphís) f (genitive ἀστᾰφίδος); third declension

1. (collective) raisins, dried grapes

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἀ̆στᾰφί̆ς; τῆς ᾰ̓στᾰφῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ ἀ̆στᾰφί̆ς hē astaphís
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓στᾰφῐ́δος tês astaphídos
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓στᾰφῐ́δῐ têi astaphídi
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓στᾰφῐ́δᾰ tḕn astaphída
Vocative	ἀ̆στᾰφί̆ς astaphís
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• σταφιδευταῖος (staphideutaîos)
• σταφίδιος (staphídios)
• σταφιδίτης (staphidítēs)
• σταφιδόω (staphidóō, “to dry grapes, produce raisins”)

 

Descendants

• Koine Greek: σταφίς (staphís)
  • Greek: σταφίδα (stafída)

Further reading

• “ἀσταφίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀσταφίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀσταφίς 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.
  • grape idem, page 369.
  • raisin idem, page 670.
• “ἀσταφίς”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011