φήνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• φίνις (phínis)

Etymology

The presence of an alternative form leads to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰɛ̌ː.nɛː/ → /ˈɸi.ni/ → /ˈfi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰɛ̌ː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰe̝.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸi.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ni/

Noun

φήνη • (phḗnē) f (genitive φήνης); first declension

1. lammergeier, ossifrage (Gypaetus barbatus)

   Synonym: ὀστοκατεάκτης (ostokateáktēs)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φήνη; τῆς φήνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φήνη hē phḗnē	τὼ φήνᾱ tṑ phḗnā	αἱ φῆναι hai phênai
Genitive	τῆς φήνης tês phḗnēs	τοῖν φήναιν toîn phḗnain	τῶν φηνῶν tôn phēnôn
Dative	τῇ φήνῃ têi phḗnēi	τοῖν φήναιν toîn phḗnain	ταῖς φήναις taîs phḗnais
Accusative	τὴν φήνην tḕn phḗnēn	τὼ φήνᾱ tṑ phḗnā	τᾱ̀ς φήνᾱς tā̀s phḗnās
Vocative	φήνη phḗnē	φήνᾱ phḗnā	φῆναι phênai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “φήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “φήνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• φήνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• φήνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• 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