Φιλοίτιος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φίλος (phílos, “beloved”) + οἶτος (oîtos, “fate”) + -ιος (-ios), literally “beloved of fate”.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰi.lǒi̯.ti.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰiˈly.ti.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸiˈly.ti.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fiˈly.ti.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fiˈli.ti.os/
Proper noun
Φῐλοίτῐος • (Phĭloítĭos) m (genitive Φῐλοιτίου); second declension
- (Greek mythology) Philoetius, a cowherd loyal to Odysseus in the Odyssey
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Φῐλοίτῐος Phĭloítĭos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | Φῐλοιτῐ́ου / Φῐλοιτῐοῖο / Φῐλοιτῐ́οιο / Φῐλοιτῐόο / Φῐλοιτῐ́οο Phĭloitĭ́ou / Phĭloitĭoîo / Phĭloitĭ́oio / Phĭloitĭóo / Phĭloitĭ́oo | ||||||||||||
| Dative | Φῐλοιτῐ́ῳ Phĭloitĭ́ōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | Φῐλοίτῐον Phĭloítĭon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Φῐλοίτῐε Phĭloítĭe | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: Philoetius
- → English: Phlioetius
- Italian: Filezio
Further reading
- “Φιλοίτιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Φιλοίτιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette