φήνη

Ancient Greek

The presence of an alternative form leads to a Pre-Greek origin.

φήνη • (phḗnē) f (genitive φήνης); first declension

First declension of ἡ φήνη; τῆς φήνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φήνη hē phḗnē	τὼ φήνᾱ tṑ phḗnā	αἱ φῆναι hai phênai
Genitive	τῆς φήνης tês phḗnēs	τοῖν φήναιν toîn phḗnain	τῶν φηνῶν tôn phēnôn
Dative	τῇ φήνῃ tēî phḗnēi	τοῖν φήναιν toîn phḗnain	ταῖς φήναις taîs phḗnais
Accusative	τὴν φήνην tḕn phḗnēn	τὼ φήνᾱ tṑ phḗnā	τᾱ̀ς φήνᾱς tā̀s phḗnās
Vocative	φήνη phḗnē	φήνᾱ phḗnā	φῆναι phênai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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