φερνή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• φερνᾱ́ (phernā́) — Doric
• φέρενα (phérena) — Aeolic

Etymology

From φέρω (phérō, “bring”) +‎ -νή (-nḗ, “a suffix added to verbal stems or adjectives to form feminine nouns.”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰer.nɛ̌ː/ → /ɸerˈni/ → /ferˈni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰer.nɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰerˈne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸerˈni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ferˈni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ferˈni/

Noun

φερνή • (phernḗ) f (genitive φερνῆς); first declension

1. that which is brought by the wife, a dowry
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.93
   • 425 BCE, Euripides, Andromache 1282
   • 431 BCE, Euripides, Medea 956
   • 428 BCE, Euripides, Hippolytus 629

Declension

First declension of ἡ φερνή; τῆς φερνῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φερνή hē phernḗ	τὼ φερνᾱ́ tṑ phernā́	αἱ φερναί hai phernaí
Genitive	τῆς φερνῆς tês phernês	τοῖν φερναῖν toîn phernaîn	τῶν φερνῶν tôn phernôn
Dative	τῇ φερνῇ têi phernêi	τοῖν φερναῖν toîn phernaîn	ταῖς φερναῖς taîs phernaîs
Accusative	τὴν φερνήν tḕn phernḗn	τὼ φερνᾱ́ tṑ phernā́	τᾱ̀ς φερνᾱ́ς tā̀s phernā́s
Vocative	φερνή phernḗ	φερνᾱ́ phernā́	φερναί phernaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀντίφερνος (antíphernos)
• ἄφερνος (áphernos)
• παράφερνα (parápherna)
• πολύφερνος (polúphernos)
• φερνάριον (phernárion)
• φερνίζω (phernízō)
• φέρνιον (phérnion)

 

Further reading

• “φερνή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• φερνή - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.