Φαιστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, a Pre-Greek name.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Φαιστός • (Phaistós) f (genitive Φαιστοῦ); second declension

  1. Phaestum (a town in Crete, Greece)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Φαιστός; τῆς Φαιστοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Φαιστός
hē Phaistós
Genitive τῆς Φαιστοῦ
tês Phaistoû
Dative τῇ Φαιστῷ
tēî Phaistōî
Accusative τὴν Φαιστόν
tḕn Phaistón
Vocative Φαιστέ
Phaisté
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • Φαίστιος (Phaístios)

Descendants

  • Latin: Phaestum

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “Φαιστός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1547

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