Φίξ

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰǐːks/ → /ɸiks/ → /fiks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰǐːks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰiks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸiks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fiks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fiks/

Proper noun

Φῑ́ξ • (Phī́x) f (genitive Φῑκός); third declension

1. Boeotian form of Σφίγξ (Sphínx)
   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 326–327:

     ἣ δ’ ἄρα Φῖκ’ ὀλοὴν τέκε Καδμείοισιν ὄλεθρον
     Ὅρθῳ ὑποδμηθεῖσα Νεμειαῖόν τε λέοντα

     hḕ d’ ára Phîk’ oloḕn téke Kadmeíoisin ólethron
     Hórthōi hupodmētheîsa Nemeiaîón te léonta

     But then she, subdued by Orthus, gave birth to the ruinous Sphinx, a plague to the Cadmeans, and the Nemean lion

Declension

Third declension of ᾱ̔ Φῑ́ξ; τᾶς Φῑκός (Boeotian)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ᾱ̔ Φῑ́ξ hā Phī́x	τὼ Φῖκε tṑ Phîke	τὴ Φῖκες tḕ Phîkes
Genitive	τᾶς Φῑκός tâs Phīkós	τοῖν Φῑκοῖν toîn Phīkoîn	τᾶν Φῑκῶν tân Phīkôn
Dative	ται Φῑκῐ́ tai Phīkí	τοῖν Φῑκοῖν toîn Phīkoîn	ταῖς Φῑ́κεσσῐ / Φῑ́κεσσῐν taîs Phī́kessi(n)
Accusative	τᾱ̀ν Φῖκᾰ tā̀n Phîka	τὼ Φῖκε tṑ Phîke	τᾱ̀ς Φῖκᾰς tā̀s Phîkas
Vocative	Φῑ́ξ Phī́x	Φῖκε Phîke	Φῖκες Phîkes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.