φῶς

See also φως, and φώς

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /pʰɔ́͜ɔs/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /pʰoːs/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ɸos/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /fos/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /fos/

Noun

φῶς (genitive φωτός) n, third declension; (phōs)

1. Attic spelling of φάος.

Inflection

Third declension of φῶς, φωτός

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	φῶς	φῶτε	φῶτᾰ
Genitive	φωτός	φωτοῖν	φώτων
Dative	φωτί	φωτοῖν	φωσί(ν)
Accusative	φῶς	φῶτε	φῶτᾰ
Vocative	φῶς	φῶτε	φῶτᾰ

Some writers use a mixture of the uncontracted forms (given at φάος) and the contracted forms (given here).

References

• φῶς in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G5457