Φηγεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φηγός (phēgós, “oak”) and +‎ -εύς (-eús, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰɛː.ɡěu̯s/ → /ɸiˈʝeɸs/ → /fiˈʝefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰɛː.ɡěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰe̝ˈɡews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸiˈʝeɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fiˈʝefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fiˈʝefs/

Proper noun

Φηγεύς • (Phēgeús) m (genitive Φηγέως); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Phegeus, priest of Hephaestus in Troy, slain by Diomedes

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Φηγεύς; τοῦ Φηγέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Φηγεύς ho Phēgeús
Genitive	τοῦ Φηγέως toû Phēgéōs
Dative	τῷ Φηγεῖ tôi Phēgeî
Accusative	τὸν Φηγέᾱ tòn Phēgéā
Vocative	Φηγεῦ Phēgeû
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Phēgeus

References

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