φαγέδαινα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from ἔφαγον (éphagon, “devour, consume”) +‎ -αινα (-aina).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φᾰγέδαινᾰ • (phăgédaină) f (genitive φᾰγέδαίνης); first declension

  1. canker, cancerous sore
  2. disease of bees

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φᾰγέδαινᾰ; τῆς φᾰγεδαίνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ φᾰγέδαινᾰ
hē phăgédaină 		τὼ φᾰγεδαίνᾱ
tṑ phăgedaínā 		αἱ φᾰγέδαιναι
hai phăgédainai
Genitive τῆς φᾰγεδαίνης
tês phăgedaínēs 		τοῖν φᾰγεδαίναιν
toîn phăgedaínain 		τῶν φᾰγεδαινῶν
tôn phăgedainôn
Dative τῇ φᾰγεδαίνῃ
tēî phăgedaínēi 		τοῖν φᾰγεδαίναιν
toîn phăgedaínain 		ταῖς φᾰγεδαίναις
taîs phăgedaínais
Accusative τὴν φᾰγέδαινᾰν
tḕn phăgédainăn 		τὼ φᾰγεδαίνᾱ
tṑ phăgedaínā 		τᾱ̀ς φᾰγεδαίνᾱς
tā̀s phăgedaínās
Vocative φᾰγέδαινᾰ
phăgédaină 		φᾰγεδαίνᾱ
phăgedaínā 		φᾰγέδαιναι
phăgédainai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • φαγεδαινικός (phagedainikós)
  • φαγεδαινόομαι (phagedainóomai)
  • φαγεδαίνωμα (phagedaínōma)

Descendants

  • → Latin: phagedaena

Further reading

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