φοξός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

No convincing etymology. Furnée compares Cretan Greek φάγρος (phágros, “whetstone”) and φοῦσκος (phoûskos, “with pointed head”), assuming a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰok.sós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰokˈsos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸokˈsos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fokˈsos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fokˈsos/

Adjective

φοξός • (phoxós) m (feminine φοξή, neuter φοξόν); first/second declension

sharp, pointed

Inflection

First and second declension of φοξός; φοξή; φοξόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	φοξός phoxós	φοξή phoxḗ	φοξόν phoxón	φοξώ phoxṓ	φοξᾱ́ phoxā́	φοξώ phoxṓ	φοξοί phoxoí	φοξαί phoxaí	φοξᾰ́ phoxắ
Genitive	φοξοῦ phoxoû	φοξῆς phoxês	φοξοῦ phoxoû	φοξοῖν phoxoîn	φοξαῖν phoxaîn	φοξοῖν phoxoîn	φοξῶν phoxôn	φοξῶν phoxôn	φοξῶν phoxôn
Dative	φοξῷ phoxōî	φοξῇ phoxēî	φοξῷ phoxōî	φοξοῖν phoxoîn	φοξαῖν phoxaîn	φοξοῖν phoxoîn	φοξοῖς phoxoîs	φοξαῖς phoxaîs	φοξοῖς phoxoîs
Accusative	φοξόν phoxón	φοξήν phoxḗn	φοξόν phoxón	φοξώ phoxṓ	φοξᾱ́ phoxā́	φοξώ phoxṓ	φοξούς phoxoús	φοξᾱ́ς phoxā́s	φοξᾰ́ phoxắ
Vocative	φοξέ phoxé	φοξή phoxḗ	φοξόν phoxón	φοξώ phoxṓ	φοξᾱ́ phoxā́	φοξώ phoxṓ	φοξοί phoxoí	φοξαί phoxaí	φοξᾰ́ phoxắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	φοξῶς phoxôs			φοξώτερος phoxṓteros			φοξώτᾰτος phoxṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

φοξῖνος (phoxînos)
φοξίχειλος (phoxíkheilos)
φοξότης (phoxótēs)

References

“φοξός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
φοξός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN