Φοινικοῦς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φοῖνιξ (phoînix, “date palm”) + -οῦς (-oûs, “-ful”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰoi̯.niː.kûːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰy.niˈkus/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸy.niˈkus/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fy.niˈkus/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fi.niˈkus/
- Hyphenation: Φοι‧νι‧κοῦς
Proper noun
Φοινῑκοῦς • (Phoinīkoûs) m (genitive Φοινῑκοῦντος); third declension
- Phoenicus, Ionia, Turkey
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Φοινῑκοῦς ho Phoinīkoûs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Φοινῑκοῦντος toû Phoinīkoûntos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Φοινῑκοῦντῐ tōî Phoinīkoûntĭ | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Φοινῑκοῦντᾰ tòn Phoinīkoûntă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Φοινῑκοῦν Phoinīkoûn | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: Phoenicūs
References
- Φοινικοῦς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette