φθίνω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰey- (“to decline, disappear”). Cognate with Sanskrit क्षिणाति (kṣiṇā́ti, “to destroy, ruin”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰtʰí.nɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰtʰi.no/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸθi.no/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfθi.no/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfθi.no/
Verb
[edit]φθίνω • (phthínō)
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φθίνω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1570-1