φερνή

Ancient Greek

From φέρω (phérō, “bring”) +‎ -νή (-nḗ, “a suffix added to verbal stems or adjectives to form feminine nouns.”)

φερνή • (phernḗ) f (genitive φερνῆς); first declension

that which is brought by the wife, a dowry
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.93
- 425 BCE, Euripides, Andromache 1282
- 431 BCE, Euripides, Medea 956
- 428 BCE, Euripides, Hippolytus 629

First declension of ἡ φερνή; τῆς φερνῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φερνή hē phernḗ	τὼ φερνᾱ́ tṑ phernā́	αἱ φερναί hai phernaí
Genitive	τῆς φερνῆς tês phernês	τοῖν φερναῖν toîn phernaîn	τῶν φερνῶν tôn phernôn
Dative	τῇ φερνῇ tēî phernēî	τοῖν φερναῖν toîn phernaîn	ταῖς φερναῖς taîs phernaîs
Accusative	τὴν φερνήν tḕn phernḗn	τὼ φερνᾱ́ tṑ phernā́	τᾱ̀ς φερνᾱ́ς tā̀s phernā́s
Vocative	φερνή phernḗ	φερνᾱ́ phernā́	φερναί phernaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.