φρύνη

See also: Φρύνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• φροῦνος (phroûnos)
• φρῦνος (phrûnos)

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHn-, the same root of Proto-Germanic *brūnaz (“brown”). However the presence of variations leads to a origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰry̌ː.nɛː/ → /ˈɸry.ni/ → /ˈfri.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰry̌ː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰry.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸry.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfry.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfri.ni/

Noun

φρῡ́νη • (phrū́nē) f (genitive φρῡ́νης); first declension

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Inflection

First declension of ἡ φρῡ́νη; τῆς φρῡ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φρῡ́νη hē phrū́nē	τὼ φρῡ́νᾱ tṑ phrū́nā	αἱ φρῦναι hai phrûnai
Genitive	τῆς φρῡ́νης tês phrū́nēs	τοῖν φρῡ́ναιν toîn phrū́nain	τῶν φρῡνῶν tôn phrūnôn
Dative	τῇ φρῡ́νῃ têi phrū́nēi	τοῖν φρῡ́ναιν toîn phrū́nain	ταῖς φρῡ́ναις taîs phrū́nais
Accusative	τὴν φρῡ́νην tḕn phrū́nēn	τὼ φρῡ́νᾱ tṑ phrū́nā	τᾱ̀ς φρῡ́νᾱς tā̀s phrū́nās
Vocative	φρῡ́νη phrū́nē	φρῡ́νᾱ phrū́nā	φρῦναι phrûnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Φρῡ́νη (Phrū́nē)
• φρῡνικός (phrūnikós)
• φρῡ́νιον (phrū́nion)
• φρῡνίτης (phrūnítēs)
• φρῡνοειδής (phrūnoeidḗs)
• φρῡνολόγος (phrūnológos)

 

References

• “φρύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• φρύνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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