φοξός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

No convincing etymology. Furnée compares Cretan Greek φάγρος (phágros, “whetstone”) and φοῦσκος (phoûskos, “with pointed head”), assuming a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰok.sós/ → /ɸokˈsos/ → /fokˈsos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰok.sós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰokˈsos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸokˈsos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fokˈsos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fokˈsos/

Adjective

φοξός • (phoxós) m (feminine φοξή, neuter φοξόν); first/second declension

1. sharp, pointed

Inflection

First and second declension of φοξός; φοξή; φοξόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		φοξός phoxós	φοξή phoxḗ	φοξόν phoxón		φοξώ phoxṓ	φοξᾱ́ phoxā́	φοξώ phoxṓ		φοξοί phoxoí	φοξαί phoxaí	φοξᾰ́ phoxá
Genitive		φοξοῦ phoxoû	φοξῆς phoxês	φοξοῦ phoxoû		φοξοῖν phoxoîn	φοξαῖν phoxaîn	φοξοῖν phoxoîn		φοξῶν phoxôn	φοξῶν phoxôn	φοξῶν phoxôn
Dative		φοξῷ phoxôi	φοξῇ phoxêi	φοξῷ phoxôi		φοξοῖν phoxoîn	φοξαῖν phoxaîn	φοξοῖν phoxoîn		φοξοῖς phoxoîs	φοξαῖς phoxaîs	φοξοῖς phoxoîs
Accusative		φοξόν phoxón	φοξήν phoxḗn	φοξόν phoxón		φοξώ phoxṓ	φοξᾱ́ phoxā́	φοξώ phoxṓ		φοξούς phoxoús	φοξᾱ́ς phoxā́s	φοξᾰ́ phoxá
Vocative		φοξέ phoxé	φοξή phoxḗ	φοξόν phoxón		φοξώ phoxṓ	φοξᾱ́ phoxā́	φοξώ phoxṓ		φοξοί phoxoí	φοξαί phoxaí	φοξᾰ́ phoxá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		φοξῶς phoxôs				φοξώτερος phoxṓteros				φοξώτᾰτος phoxṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• φοξῖνος (phoxînos)
• φοξίχειλος (phoxíkheilos)
• φοξότης (phoxótēs)

References

• “φοξός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• φοξός 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