Φορκίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Φόρκῡς (Phórkūs, “Phorcys”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰor.kís/ → /ɸorˈcis/ → /forˈcis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰor.kís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰorˈkis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸorˈcis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /forˈcis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /forˈcis/

Proper noun

Φορκῐ́ς • (Phorkís) f (genitive Φορκῐ́δος); third declension

1. a daughter of Phorcys; a Phorcid

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Φορκῐ́ς; τῆς Φορκῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Φορκῐ́ς hē Phorkís	τὼ Φορκῐ́δε tṑ Phorkíde	αἱ Φορκῐ́δες hai Phorkídes
Genitive	τῆς Φορκῐ́δος tês Phorkídos	τοῖν Φορκῐ́δοιν toîn Phorkídoin	τῶν Φορκῐ́δων tôn Phorkídōn
Dative	τῇ Φορκῐ́δῐ têi Phorkídi	τοῖν Φορκῐ́δοιν toîn Phorkídoin	ταῖς Φορκῐ́σῐ / Φορκῐ́σῐν taîs Phorkísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν Φορκῐ́δᾰ tḕn Phorkída	τὼ Φορκῐ́δε tṑ Phorkíde	τᾱ̀ς Φορκῐ́δᾰς tā̀s Phorkídas
Vocative	Φορκῐ́ς Phorkís	Φορκῐ́δε Phorkíde	Φορκῐ́δες Phorkídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: Φορκίς (Forkís)
• Latin: Phorcis

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022