φασιανός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Φᾱσῐᾱνός (Phāsĭānós, “Phasian”) (with the implied substantive ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”)) from Φᾶσῐς (Phâsĭs, “Phasis”), from where, it was supposed, the bird spread to the west.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰaː.si.aː.nós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰa.si.aˈnos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸa.si.aˈnos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fa.si.aˈnos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fa.si.aˈnos/

Noun

φᾱσῐᾱνός • (phāsĭānós) m (genitive φᾱσῐᾱνοῦ); second declension

pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Synonym: τέταρος (tétaros)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ φᾱσῐᾱνός; τοῦ φᾱσῐᾱνοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φᾱσῐᾱνός ho phāsĭānós	τὼ φᾱσῐᾱνώ tṑ phāsĭānṓ	οἱ φᾱσῐᾱνοί hoi phāsĭānoí
Genitive	τοῦ φᾱσῐᾱνοῦ toû phāsĭānoû	τοῖν φᾱσῐᾱνοῖν toîn phāsĭānoîn	τῶν φᾱσῐᾱνῶν tôn phāsĭānôn
Dative	τῷ φᾱσῐᾱνῷ tōî phāsĭānōî	τοῖν φᾱσῐᾱνοῖν toîn phāsĭānoîn	τοῖς φᾱσῐᾱνοῖς toîs phāsĭānoîs
Accusative	τὸν φᾱσῐᾱνόν tòn phāsĭānón	τὼ φᾱσῐᾱνώ tṑ phāsĭānṓ	τοὺς φᾱσῐᾱνούς toùs phāsĭānoús
Vocative	φᾱσῐᾱνέ phāsĭāné	φᾱσῐᾱνώ phāsĭānṓ	φᾱσῐᾱνοί phāsĭānoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: φασιανός (fasianós)
→ Classical Syriac: ܦܣܝܢܐ (pasyānā)
→ Hebrew: פסיון (pasyon)
→ Latin: phāsiānus (see there for further descendants)
→ Old Armenian: փասիան (pʻasian) (see there for further descendants)
→ Translingual: Phasianus

References

“Φασιανός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
φασιανός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փասեան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 484b

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós).

Noun

φασιανός • (fasianós) m (plural φασιανοί)

pheasant

Declension

Declension of **φασιανός**
	singular	plural
nominative	φασιανός (fasianós)	φασιανοί (fasianoí)
genitive	φασιανού (fasianoú)	φασιανών (fasianón)
accusative	φασιανό (fasianó)	φασιανούς (fasianoús)
vocative	φασιανέ (fasiané)	φασιανοί (fasianoí)

Synonyms

κοινός φασιανός m (koinós fasianós, “common pheasant”)

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Noun

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Descendants

References

Greek

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