φέναξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰé.naːks/ → /ˈɸe.naks/ → /ˈfe.naks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰé.naːks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰe.naks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸe.naks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.naks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.naks/

Noun

φένᾱξ • (phénāx) m (genitive φένᾱκος); third declension

1. cheat, quack, impostor

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ φένᾱξ; τοῦ φένᾱκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φένᾱξ ho phénāx	τὼ φένᾱκε tṑ phénāke	οἱ φένᾱκες hoi phénākes
Genitive	τοῦ φένᾱκος toû phénākos	τοῖν φενᾱ́κοιν toîn phenā́koin	τῶν φενᾱ́κων tôn phenā́kōn
Dative	τῷ φένᾱκῐ tôi phénākĭ	τοῖν φενᾱ́κοιν toîn phenā́koin	τοῖς φένᾱξῐ / φένᾱξῐν toîs phénāxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν φένᾱκᾰ tòn phénākă	τὼ φένᾱκε tṑ phénāke	τοὺς φένᾱκᾰς toùs phénākăs
Vocative	φένᾱξ phénāx	φένᾱκε phénāke	φένᾱκες phénākes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• φένᾰγμᾰ (phénăgmă)
• φενᾱ́κη (phenā́kē)
• φενᾱκῐ́ζω (phenākĭ́zō)
• φενᾱκῐ́σμᾰτᾰ (phenākĭ́smătă)
• φενᾱκῐσμός (phenākĭsmós)
• φενᾱκῐστής (phenākĭstḗs)
• φενᾱκῐστῐκός (phenākĭstĭkós)

Descendants

• → Translingual: Phenax

Further reading

• “φέναξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φέναξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φέναξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN