φθινόπωρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φθῐ́ν(ω) (phthĭ́n(ō), “decay, to be reduced”) + ὀπώρ(α) f (opṓr(a), “last part of summer; fruit”) + -ον n (-on).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰtʰi.nó.pɔː.ron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰtʰiˈno.po.ron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸθiˈno.po.ron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fθiˈno.po.ron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fθiˈno.po.ron/
Noun
φθινόπωρον • (phthinópōron) n (genitive φθῐνοπώρου); second declension
- autumn
- Synonyms: μετόπωρον (metópōron), μεθόπωρον (methópōron), φθῐνομετόπωρον (phthĭnometópōron)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ φθῐνόπωρον tò phthĭnópōron |
τὼ φθῐνοπώρω tṑ phthĭnopṓrō |
τᾰ̀ φθῐνόπωρᾰ tằ phthĭnópōră | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ φθῐνοπώρου toû phthĭnopṓrou |
τοῖν φθῐνοπώροιν toîn phthĭnopṓroin |
τῶν φθῐνοπώρων tôn phthĭnopṓrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ φθῐνοπώρῳ tōî phthĭnopṓrōi |
τοῖν φθῐνοπώροιν toîn phthĭnopṓroin |
τοῖς φθῐνοπώροις toîs phthĭnopṓrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ φθῐνόπωρον tò phthĭnópōron |
τὼ φθῐνοπώρω tṑ phthĭnopṓrō |
τᾰ̀ φθῐνόπωρᾰ tằ phthĭnópōră | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φθῐνόπωρον phthĭnópōron |
φθῐνοπώρω phthĭnopṓrō |
φθῐνόπωρᾰ phthĭnópōră | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- φθινομετόπωρον (phthinometópōron)
- φθινοπωρικός (phthinopōrikós)
- φθινοπωρινός (phthinopōrinós)
- φθινοπωρίς (phthinopōrís)
- φθινοπωρισμός (phthinopōrismós)
Related terms
Descendants
- → Greek: φθινόπωρο (fthinóporo) (learned)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φθίνω (> COMP > φθινόπωρον)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1570-1
- ^ φθινόπωρο - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
Further reading
- φθινόπωρον, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “φθινόπωρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φθινόπωρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φθινόπωρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette