φέναξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰé.naːks/ → /ˈɸe.naks/ → /ˈfe.naks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰé.naːks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰe.naks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸe.naks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.naks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.naks/

Noun

φένᾱξ • (phénāx) m (genitive φένᾱκος); third declension

1. cheat, quack, impostor

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ φένᾱξ; τοῦ φένᾱκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φένᾱξ ho phénāx	τὼ φένᾱκε tṑ phénāke	οἱ φένᾱκες hoi phénākes
Genitive	τοῦ φένᾱκος toû phénākos	τοῖν φενᾱ́κοιν toîn phenā́koin	τῶν φενᾱ́κων tôn phenā́kōn
Dative	τῷ φένᾱκῐ tôi phénāki	τοῖν φενᾱ́κοιν toîn phenā́koin	τοῖς φένᾱξῐ / φένᾱξῐν toîs phénāxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν φένᾱκᾰ tòn phénāka	τὼ φένᾱκε tṑ phénāke	τοὺς φένᾱκᾰς toùs phénākas
Vocative	φένᾱξ phénāx	φένᾱκε phénāke	φένᾱκες phénākes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• φένᾰγμᾰ (phénagma)
• φενᾱ́κη (phenā́kē)
• φενᾱκῐ́ζω (phenākízō)
• φενᾱκῐσμός (phenākismós)
• φενᾱκῐ́σμᾰτᾰ (phenākísmata)
• φενᾱκῐστής (phenākistḗs)
• φενᾱκῐστῐκός (phenākistikós)

 

Further reading

• “φέναξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φέναξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φέναξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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