παραφυάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παραφύω (paraphúō, “to grow beside”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́ς • (paraphuás) f (genitive πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δος); third declension

  1. any side-growth, hence:
    1. (botany) offshoot, sucker
    2. (zoology) branch of an animal's vein
    3. certain appendages in lobsters
    4. (figuratively) branch of a discussion

Declension
Third declension of ἡ πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́ς; τῆς πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́ς
hē paraphuás		 τὼ πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δε
tṑ paraphuáde		 αἱ πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δες
hai paraphuádes
Genitive τῆς πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δος
tês paraphuádos		 τοῖν πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δοιν
toîn paraphuádoin		 τῶν πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δων
tôn paraphuádōn
Dative τῇ πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δῐ
têi paraphuádi		 τοῖν πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δοιν
toîn paraphuádoin		 ταῖς πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́σῐ / πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́σῐν
taîs paraphuási(n)
Accusative τὴν πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δᾰ
tḕn paraphuáda		 τὼ πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δε
tṑ paraphuáde		 τᾱ̀ς πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δᾰς
tā̀s paraphuádas
Vocative πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́ς
paraphuás		 πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δε
paraphuáde		 πᾰρᾰφῠᾰ́δες
paraphuádes
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
  • παραφυάδιον (paraphuádion)

References
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