φέρνιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-, the same root of φέρω (phérō, “to bring, carry”) and φερνή (phernḗ, “dowry”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰér.ni.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰer.ni.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸer.ni.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfer.ni.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfer.ni.on/
Noun
φέρνῐον • (phérnĭon) n (genitive φερνῐ́ου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ φέρνῐον tò phérnĭon |
τὼ φερνῐ́ω tṑ phernĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ φέρνῐᾰ tằ phérnĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ φερνῐ́ου toû phernĭ́ou |
τοῖν φερνῐ́οιν toîn phernĭ́oin |
τῶν φερνῐ́ων tôn phernĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ φερνῐ́ῳ tōî phernĭ́ōi |
τοῖν φερνῐ́οιν toîn phernĭ́oin |
τοῖς φερνῐ́οις toîs phernĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ φέρνῐον tò phérnĭon |
τὼ φερνῐ́ω tṑ phernĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ φέρνῐᾰ tằ phérnĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φέρνῐον phérnĭon |
φερνῐ́ω phernĭ́ō |
φέρνῐᾰ phérnĭă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “φέρνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φέρνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN