Φώτιος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φῶς (phôs, “light”) + -ῐος (-ĭos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰɔ̌ː.ti.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰo.ti.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸo.ti.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfo.ti.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfo.ti.os/
Proper noun
Φώτῐος • (Phṓtĭos) m (genitive Φωτῐ́ου); second declension
- a male given name, Photius, notably held by Photios I of Constantinople
Inflection
Descendants
- Greek: Φώτης (Fótis)
References
- Φώτιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette