δάφνην (daphnen)

δάφνην is an Ancient Greek form of δάφνη, meaning “laurel”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

It can also be a form of Δάφνη, “Daphne — a fair maiden who is mixed up with various traditions about Apollo”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 37 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Agis and Cleomenes Agis.9.2: … υτήσασαν ἐνταῦθα καὶ διὰ τὸ πᾶσι φαίνειν τὰ μαντεῖα Πασιφάαν προσαγορευθεῖσαν. ὁ δὲ Φύλαρχος Ἀμύκλα θυγατέρα, Δάφνην τοὔνομά, φησιν ὑποφεύγουσαν Ἀπόλλωνα βουλόμενον αὐτῇ μιγῆναι, καὶ μεταβαλοῦσαν εἰς τὸ φυτόν, ἐν τιμῇ τοῦ θεοῦ …

Plutarch, Comparison of Demosthenes and Cicero 2.1: … ἀκρασίαν τινὰ κατηγόρει πρὸς δόξαν, βοῶντος ὡς τὰ ὅπλα ἔδει τῇ τηβέννῳ καὶ τῇ γλώττῃ τὴν θριαμβικὴν ὑπείκειν δάφνην.

All forms of δάφνη (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.