Φειδίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φείδομαι (pheídomai, “I spare”) +‎ -ίας (-ías, “male name suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Φειδῐ́ᾱς • (Pheidĭ́ās) m (genitive Φειδῐ́ου); first declension

  1. a male given name, Pheidias or Phidias
  2. in particular, the 5th century BCE Greek sculptor and architect Phidias

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Φειδῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ Φειδῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Φειδῐ́ᾱς
ho Pheidĭ́ās
Genitive τοῦ Φειδῐ́ου
toû Pheidĭ́ou
Dative τῷ Φειδῐ́ᾳ
tōî Pheidĭ́āi
Accusative τὸν Φειδῐ́ᾱν
tòn Pheidĭ́ān
Vocative Φειδῐ́ᾱ
Pheidĭ́ā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • Φειδιακός (Pheidiakós)

Descendants

  • Greek: Φειδίας (Feidías)
  • Latin: Phidias

References

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021
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