ἀπαρίνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Given the suffix -ῑ́ν-, Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origen.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pa.rǐː.nɛː/ → /a.paˈri.ni/ → /a.paˈri.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pa.rǐː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.paˈri.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.paˈri.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.paˈri.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.paˈri.ni/

Noun

ἀπᾰρῑ́νη • (apărī́nē) f (genitive ἀπᾰρῑ́νης); first declension

1. cleavers (Galium aparine)

   Synonym: ἀμπελόκαρπον (ampelókarpon)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀπᾰρῑ́νη; τῆς ἀπᾰρῑ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀπᾰρῑ́νη hē apărī́nē	τὼ ἀπᾰρῑ́νᾱ tṑ apărī́nā	αἱ ἀπᾰρῖναι hai apărînai
Genitive	τῆς ἀπᾰρῑ́νης tês apărī́nēs	τοῖν ἀπᾰρῑ́ναιν toîn apărī́nain	τῶν ἀπᾰρῑνῶν tôn apărīnôn
Dative	τῇ ἀπᾰρῑ́νῃ têi apărī́nēi	τοῖν ἀπᾰρῑ́ναιν toîn apărī́nain	ταῖς ἀπᾰρῑ́ναις taîs apărī́nais
Accusative	τὴν ἀπᾰρῑ́νην tḕn apărī́nēn	τὼ ἀπᾰρῑ́νᾱ tṑ apărī́nā	τᾱ̀ς ἀπᾰρῑ́νᾱς tā̀s apărī́nās
Vocative	ἀπᾰρῑ́νη apărī́nē	ἀπᾰρῑ́νᾱ apărī́nā	ἀπᾰρῖναι apărînai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀπαρῑνής (aparīnḗs)

Descendants

• → Latin: aparīnē

Further reading

• “ἀπαρίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀπαρίνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀπαρίνη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN