φθίνα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Ultimately from φθίω (phthíō, “to perish, waste away, decay”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰtʰí.na/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰtʰi.na/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸθi.na/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfθi.na/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfθi.na/
Noun
φθῐ́νᾰ • (phthĭ́nă) f (genitive φθῐ́νης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ φθῐ́νᾰ hē phthĭ́nă |
τὼ φθῐ́νᾱ tṑ phthĭ́nā |
αἱ φθῐ́ναι hai phthĭ́nai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς φθῐ́νης tês phthĭ́nēs |
τοῖν φθῐ́ναιν toîn phthĭ́nain |
τῶν φθῐνῶν tôn phthĭnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ φθῐ́νῃ tēî phthĭ́nēi |
τοῖν φθῐ́ναιν toîn phthĭ́nain |
ταῖς φθῐ́ναις taîs phthĭ́nais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν φθῐ́νᾰν tḕn phthĭ́năn |
τὼ φθῐ́νᾱ tṑ phthĭ́nā |
τᾱ̀ς φθῐ́νᾱς tā̀s phthĭ́nās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φθῐ́νᾰ phthĭ́nă |
φθῐ́νᾱ phthĭ́nā |
φθῐ́ναι phthĭ́nai | ||||||||||
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References
- “φθίνα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press