φαράγγιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

φᾰ́ρᾰγξ f (pháranx, “ravine, cleft, chasm, gully, abyss”) +‎ -ῐον n (-ion, suffix forming diminutive nouns)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰa.ráŋ.ɡi.on/ → /ɸaˈraɲ.ɟi.on/ → /faˈraɲ.ɟi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰa.ráŋ.ɡi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰaˈraŋ.ɡi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸaˈraɲ.ɟi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /faˈraɲ.ɟi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /faˈraɲ.ɟi.on/

Noun

φᾰρᾰ́γγῐον • (pharángion) n (genitive φᾰρᾰγγῐ́ου); second declension

1. a small gully or ravine
   • Sp.

Declension

Second declension of τὸ φᾰρᾰ́γγῐον; τοῦ φᾰρᾰγγῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φᾰρᾰ́γγῐον tò pharángion	τὼ φᾰρᾰγγῐ́ω tṑ pharangíō	τᾰ̀ φᾰρᾰ́γγῐᾰ tà pharángia
Genitive	τοῦ φᾰρᾰγγῐ́ου toû pharangíou	τοῖν φᾰρᾰγγῐ́οιν toîn pharangíoin	τῶν φᾰρᾰγγῐ́ων tôn pharangíōn
Dative	τῷ φᾰρᾰγγῐ́ῳ tôi pharangíōi	τοῖν φᾰρᾰγγῐ́οιν toîn pharangíoin	τοῖς φᾰρᾰγγῐ́οις toîs pharangíois
Accusative	τὸ φᾰρᾰ́γγῐον tò pharángion	τὼ φᾰρᾰγγῐ́ω tṑ pharangíō	τᾰ̀ φᾰρᾰ́γγῐᾰ tà pharángia
Vocative	φᾰρᾰ́γγῐον pharángion	φᾰρᾰγγῐ́ω pharangíō	φᾰρᾰ́γγῐᾰ pharángia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• ⇒ Latin: Pharangium Lapidōsum

Further reading

• Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “φαράγγιον”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn