φανή

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰaː.nɛ̌ː/ → /ɸaˈni/ → /faˈni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰaː.nɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰaˈne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸaˈni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /faˈni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /faˈni/

Adjective

φᾱνή • (phānḗ)

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of φᾱνός (phānós)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). By surface analysis, φᾱνός (phānós) +‎ -ή (-ḗ), with irregular shortening from *φᾱνή (*phānḗ) likely by analogy with φᾰνερός (phănerós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰa.nɛ̌ː/ → /ɸaˈni/ → /faˈni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰa.nɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰaˈne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸaˈni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /faˈni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /faˈni/

Noun

φᾰνή • (phănḗ) f (genitive φᾰνῆς); first declension

1. torch, firebrand

   Synonyms: γράβιον (grábion), γρυνός (grunós), δαΐς (daḯs), δᾰ́ος (dắos), ἑλένη (helénē), λαμπάς (lampás), λοφνίς (lophnís), πανός (panós), πυρσός (pursós), φρῠκτός (phrŭktós)

2. (chiefly in the plural) torch procession

Declension

First declension of ἡ φᾰνή; τῆς φᾰνῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φᾰνή hē phănḗ	τὼ φᾰνᾱ́ tṑ phănā́	αἱ φᾰναί hai phănaí
Genitive	τῆς φᾰνῆς tês phănês	τοῖν φᾰναῖν toîn phănaîn	τῶν φᾰνῶν tôn phănôn
Dative	τῇ φᾰνῇ tēî phănēî	τοῖν φᾰναῖν toîn phănaîn	ταῖς φᾰναῖς taîs phănaîs
Accusative	τὴν φᾰνήν tḕn phănḗn	τὼ φᾰνᾱ́ tṑ phănā́	τᾱ̀ς φᾰνᾱ́ς tā̀s phănā́s
Vocative	φᾰνή phănḗ	φᾰνᾱ́ phănā́	φᾰναί phănaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “φανή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• φανή in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• φανή, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011