φασσοφόνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φάσσα (phássa, “dove”) +‎ φόνος (phónos, “murder, slaughter”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰas.so.pʰó.nos/ → /ɸas.soˈɸo.nos/ → /fa.soˈfo.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰas.so.pʰó.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰas.soˈpʰo.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸas.soˈɸo.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fas.soˈfo.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fa.soˈfo.nos/

Adjective

φᾰσσοφόνος • (phassophónos) m or f (neuter φᾰσσοφόνον); second declension

1. dove-killing

Declension

Second declension of φᾰσσοφόνος; φᾰσσοφόνον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		φᾰσσοφόνος phassophónos	φᾰσσοφόνον phassophónon		φᾰσσοφόνω phassophónō	φᾰσσοφόνω phassophónō		φᾰσσοφόνοι phassophónoi	φᾰσσοφόνᾰ phassophóna
Genitive		φᾰσσοφόνου phassophónou	φᾰσσοφόνου phassophónou		φᾰσσοφόνοιν phassophónoin	φᾰσσοφόνοιν phassophónoin		φᾰσσοφόνων phassophónōn	φᾰσσοφόνων phassophónōn
Dative		φᾰσσοφόνῳ phassophónōi	φᾰσσοφόνῳ phassophónōi		φᾰσσοφόνοιν phassophónoin	φᾰσσοφόνοιν phassophónoin		φᾰσσοφόνοις phassophónois	φᾰσσοφόνοις phassophónois
Accusative		φᾰσσοφόνον phassophónon	φᾰσσοφόνον phassophónon		φᾰσσοφόνω phassophónō	φᾰσσοφόνω phassophónō		φᾰσσοφόνους phassophónous	φᾰσσοφόνᾰ phassophóna
Vocative		φᾰσσοφόνε phassophóne	φᾰσσοφόνον phassophónon		φᾰσσοφόνω phassophónō	φᾰσσοφόνω phassophónō		φᾰσσοφόνοι phassophónoi	φᾰσσοφόνᾰ phassophóna
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		φᾰσσοφόνως phassophónōs			φᾰσσοφονώτερος phassophonṓteros			φᾰσσοφονώτᾰτος phassophonṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

φᾰσσοφόνος • (phassophónos) m (genitive φᾰσσοφόνου); second declension

1. kind of hawk, perhaps the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)

   Synonym: φαβοκτόνος (phaboktónos)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ φᾰσσοφόνος; τοῦ φᾰσσοφόνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φᾰσσοφόνος ho phassophónos	τὼ φᾰσσοφόνω tṑ phassophónō	οἱ φᾰσσοφόνοι hoi phassophónoi
Genitive	τοῦ φᾰσσοφόνου toû phassophónou	τοῖν φᾰσσοφόνοιν toîn phassophónoin	τῶν φᾰσσοφόνων tôn phassophónōn
Dative	τῷ φᾰσσοφόνῳ tôi phassophónōi	τοῖν φᾰσσοφόνοιν toîn phassophónoin	τοῖς φᾰσσοφόνοις toîs phassophónois
Accusative	τὸν φᾰσσοφόνον tòn phassophónon	τὼ φᾰσσοφόνω tṑ phassophónō	τοὺς φᾰσσοφόνους toùs phassophónous
Vocative	φᾰσσοφόνε phassophóne	φᾰσσοφόνω phassophónō	φᾰσσοφόνοι phassophónoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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