Φαιστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, a Pre-Greek name.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰai̯s.tós/ → /ɸɛsˈtos/ → /fesˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰai̯s.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰɛsˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸɛsˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fesˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fesˈtos/

Proper noun

Φαιστός • (Phaistós) f (genitive Φαιστοῦ); second declension

1. Phaestum (a town in Crete, Greece)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Φαιστός; τῆς Φαιστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Φαιστός hē Phaistós
Genitive	τῆς Φαιστοῦ tês Phaistoû
Dative	τῇ Φαιστῷ têi Phaistôi
Accusative	τὴν Φαιστόν tḕn Phaistón
Vocative	Φαιστέ Phaisté
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Φαίστιος (Phaístios)

Descendants

• Latin: Phaestum

Further reading

• Φαιστός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Φαιστός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers